by Tele | Aug 13, 2015 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Environment, Sustainability
Joel and I went to a movie the other night. We finally saw The Breach, an award-winning film I’ve been anxious to see since its 2014 release. Described as a love story for wild salmon, it’s a love story in all the truest ways – risk,...
by Tele | Feb 28, 2015 | Commercial Fishing, Culture, Reading & Writing
It’s a magical day in Astoria, Oregon: sun on the sidewalks, festive chop on the Columbia. I’m tucked in the Blue Scorcher Bakery (try the cardamom rolls), an introvert on glorious overload, trying to steal an hour of quiet time to recharge. Red...
by Tele | Jan 28, 2015 | Culture, Family, Hooked Favorites, Reading & Writing
Head down, I watch my snow boots creep across the lake, one shuffle-step at a time. Joel doesn’t shuffle. He hustles, hunched beneath his camera bag as he rushes for a distant spot of blue. Ice wiped clean by the wind: the perfect frame to lead...
by Tele | Jun 25, 2014 | Commercial Fishing, Reading & Writing, Women in Fishing
53⁰23.596’ N 129⁰52.095’ W 11:15 pm, Principe Channel, British Columbia Dusk tames the ocean. Dims it to liquid mercury, a silver sheet with yellow threads peeking from the folds. My favorite kind of ocean. The hillsides bracketing this two-mile...
by Tele | Mar 10, 2014 | Reading & Writing
Just as Cap’n J and I outfit the Nerka with emergency equipment – radio, bilge pumps, fire extinguishers – I reach for particular survival gear as a writer. Lately, the one I’ve been keeping closest is Dani Shapiro’s Still Writing:...
