by Tele | Feb 24, 2012 | Commercial Fishing, Culture, Reading & Writing
When I was a teenager, there were a lot more boat kids running the docks than I see nowadays. Fishing time, of course, always came first, and we never knew when — or if — we’d see a dockside friend again. The August coho closure was the...
by Tele | Feb 16, 2012 | Alaska, Culture
You know this story: Mr. & Mrs. P were eager for their move into a new community. A nice house, conveniently located near Mr. P’s...
by Tele | Feb 8, 2012 | Commercial Fishing, Culture, Reading & Writing
Hey, you guys — it’s almost time for the Fisher Poets Gathering! Not familiar with FPG? Every February, men and women connected to the fishing industry flood into Astoria, Oregon, to share poems, songs, memoir, and visual art in celebration of this...
by Tele | Jan 20, 2012 | Commercial Fishing, From the Galley, Salmon Trolling
A framed photo sits above my writing space. Three fishermen in their late-20’s crouch on deck, wearing hoodies, rainpants, and matching end-of-a-long-day grins. Team ’77: friends born within several months of each other, together on a troller...
by Tele | Jan 17, 2012 | Commercial Fishing, Culture
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” ...
