by Tele | Oct 18, 2012 | Commercial Fishing, Culture, Sustainability, Women in Fishing
Friends! Are any of you in Oklahoma? Or do you have extended communities that reach into the Sooner State? If so, please don’t miss the chance to check out FISH, a multimedia art exhibition presented by the University of Oklahoma School of...
by Tele | Oct 10, 2012 | Alaska, Culture, Reading & Writing
It’s Day Five of Alaska Book Week, buddies! I’m quite late in giving you the heads-up (apologies), but you can still join this annual celebration of Alaskan authors and books: ABW 2012 is October 6 ‑13. In its second year, ABW is hosted by the good folks at...
by Tele | Oct 6, 2012 | Culture, Hooked Favorites
I’m holding a battered metal compass in my hand tonight. It says my writing desk faces southwest, and that the cat curls her tail northward. It doesn’t say which direction skirts despair, doesn’t guide the path toward hope. Folding it closed,...
by Tele | Oct 1, 2012 | Commercial Fishing, Women in Fishing
Exciting news, friends – Hooked’s guest writer Amanda has completed her first season in the commercial fishing industry! New readers, I urge you to take the time to catch up on Amanda’s journey. From an April morning when I overheard...
by Tele | Sep 29, 2012 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, F/V Nerka, Reading & Writing, Women in Fishing
One hundred forty-nine. That’s how many hours Cap’n J and I spent at the dock over the last 47 days of our season. As if finally grasping the fundamental trick to making a living fishing – keeping your hooks in the water – we pushed...
