by Tele | Nov 17, 2012 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Reading & Writing, Salmon Trolling
The Fisher Poets have been on my mind lately. Less than two weeks until a performance at Seattle’s Fish Expo (Thursday the 29th, 11:30 — 1:00), and organizing’s already underway for the main event festivities in Astoria, Oregon. (Mark your...
by Tele | Nov 12, 2012 | Culture, Environment, F/V Nerka
Almost at National Novel Writing Month’s midpoint, I’m still buried in this month-long exercise to produce as many words as possible. (They say 50,000; I’m shooting for writing every day and being thankful for whatever results. I’m already breaking the...
by Tele | Nov 3, 2012 | Alaska, Culture, Reading & Writing, Sitka
One of my favorite things about Sitka is Raven Radio, the community public radio station. The day they got their live streaming up and running was a good, good day: I could listen to Mississippi Delta Blues and Meathead’s Mix Tape even when we...
by Tele | Oct 31, 2012 | Commercial Fishing, Culture
I’m talking with you from new ground today, sweeties. I’ve been back in Alaska for a few hours now, camped out in the Juneau Airport’s Glacier Lounge. Starting at 3:30 this morning, it’s been a long travel day with a handful of challenges, but...
by Tele | Oct 18, 2012 | Culture, Reading & Writing, Women in Fishing
Happy National Day on Writing, friends! Yeah, that’s little me. Some things haven’t changed much since 1980, parked at a desk in my parents’ Wasilla, Alaska, veterinary clinic. I still keep a stash of animal crackers nearby as motivation,...
