by Tele | Apr 13, 2011 | Alaska, Culture, Environment, Hooked Favorites, Sitka
On October 14, 2006, the stars lined up just right (in the alignment of bad ocean conditions) that we were tied to the dock on the day of a totem raising. The newspaper explained this “Wellbriety” totem pole, going up at the SouthEast Alaska Regional...
by Tele | Mar 30, 2011 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, F/V Nerka, From the Galley, Hooked Favorites, Women in Fishing
There’s a treacherous voice in my head. It maintains a mosquito-like buzz in the back of my brain, an oppressive equation: “You are X, so you need to do/dress/behave Y.” You know the one. Maybe you’ve struggled with your own version. Maybe someone...
by Tele | Mar 21, 2011 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Hooked Favorites, Salmon Trolling, Women in Fishing
A special mentor recently shared the concern she’d felt upon imagining my life at sea. Cradling a glass in her hands, she recalled, “I wondered, ‘Is she ever scared?’” I immediately assumed she was referring to the fear that comes of realizing...
