by Tele | Mar 2, 2012 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Culture, F/V Nerka, Reading & Writing, Salmon Trolling, Women in Fishing
I know, sweeties, I know… Hooked is sitting awfully low in the water with all these Fisher Poets posts. Apologies if you’re a wee bit weary of my shiny eyes and dazzled reports; I’m newly in love with this crowd, and am not ready to let go quite yet....
by Tele | Feb 29, 2012 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Culture, F/V Nerka, Reading & Writing, Women in Fishing
After my Saturday performance at the Fort George Showroom, Cap’n J, Ashley and I braced ourselves against the biting cold and hustled over to the Astoria Events Center. The 2012 Onsite Poem Contest would kick off at 10:30. Emceed by two of my lit star...
by Tele | Dec 2, 2011 | Culture, Reading & Writing, Women in Fishing
As much (and as loudly) as I grieve our autumn migration, leaving our Sitka family for the winter, it doesn’t take long before I remember that this transient lifestyle brings the best of several worlds into my life. Our winter-life offers...
by Tele | Nov 16, 2011 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Culture, Women in Fishing
When new friends learn I’m a commercial fisherman, their eyes often drop in an almost-unconscious survey. What they see — a petite, 5′2″ female — doesn’t match the burly machismo touted as an industry requirement. “But isn’t that hard work?” is...
by Tele | Oct 12, 2011 | Alaska, Culture, Reading & Writing, Women in Fishing
Early September, I hit land and jumped online. Waded through weeks of spam, mass mailings, and impersonal updates. Just when I felt like I might as well have stayed at sea, a message from Annie Boreson leapt out: I just wanted to...
by Tele | Oct 9, 2011 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Women in Fishing
Many Hooked readers responded to the Mother’s Day post, available here. In true Libra commitment to balance and equity, this one’s for my dad, Ken Aadsen. People often ask how I became a fisherman. It wasn’t an obvious path. I was born in...
