by Tele | Mar 20, 2013 | Reading & Writing, Salmon Trolling
Birthdays are important to me, but I’ve been slipping lately. Just last week, I kept a close eye on the calendar, eager to call my dad on his high holy day. And I did call him – only to learn that I’d circled a date two days past due. Oops....
by Tele | Mar 5, 2013 | Commercial Fishing, F/V Nerka, Reading & Writing
Hot off the internet presses, sweeties: In the Tote has a shiny new site for showcasing Fisher Poets’ work! Great big thanks to veteran performer Pat Dixon for his tremendous devotion to documenting the Fisher Poets. The revamped site includes new...
by Tele | Feb 22, 2013 | Commercial Fishing, Reading & Writing
Today’s a harbor day in Astoria, Oregon, friends, and the fleet’s all here. SW winds of 35 knots, gusting 45, 20-foot seas, and sideways rain… Pretty appropriate conditions to drawn folks in, nation-wide, to the 16th annual Fisher Poets...
by Tele | Dec 7, 2012 | Commercial Fishing, Culture, Reading & Writing
National Fisherman did a nice write-up on last week’s Fisher Poets “On the Road” performance at Fish Expo, where Dano Quinn, Patrick Dixon, Abigail Culkin and I each had 20 minutes to perform. For the second post in a row: thanks, NF! I swear...
by Tele | Dec 6, 2012 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, F/V Nerka, Reading & Writing, Salmon Trolling, Women in Fishing
I’ve been mostly on an internet hiatus this week, friends, working on a deadline, but want to quickly share a bit of news. Some of you have asked about the piece that I read at Sitka’s maritime-themed Monthly Grind. I didn’t post it here...
