by Tele | Dec 17, 2012 | Culture, Hooked Favorites
I’m writing to you from a ferry. Seated alone on a midday crossing, staring into a muted seascape. Ocean the green of beach glass, clouds shushing the sky; land’s faintest skeleton peeks through sheets of rain. Whitecaps the only bright spots...
by Tele | Dec 7, 2012 | Commercial Fishing, Culture, Reading & Writing
National Fisherman did a nice write-up on last week’s Fisher Poets “On the Road” performance at Fish Expo, where Dano Quinn, Patrick Dixon, Abigail Culkin and I each had 20 minutes to perform. For the second post in a row: thanks, NF! I swear...
by Tele | Dec 6, 2012 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, F/V Nerka, Reading & Writing, Salmon Trolling, Women in Fishing
I’ve been mostly on an internet hiatus this week, friends, working on a deadline, but want to quickly share a bit of news. Some of you have asked about the piece that I read at Sitka’s maritime-themed Monthly Grind. I didn’t post it here...
by Tele | Nov 28, 2012 | Culture, F/V Nerka
Some of you know my weaknesses. Pie. Baked treats in general. Delightfully patterned socks. Pens, paper, empty notebooks waiting to be filled. Fabric. Crafty people. Books. Bread and cheese. Those one-size-fit-all stretchy gloves. Handwritten cards....
by Tele | Nov 22, 2012 | Commercial Fishing, Culture, F/V Nerka, Family, Hooked Favorites
Earlier this week, a friend asked what I’d be doing on Thursday. When I blinked dumbly at her for a few beats, she prompted, “You know – for Thanksgiving!” Oh. Right… Growing up in a fractured family of three insular people far more...
