Tele Aadsen

writer - fisherman - listener

raven speaking from top of dock piling

Read & Listen

Watch Sus­tain­abil­i­ty, an excerpt from What Water Holds, shared at the Lib­er­ty The­atre in Asto­ria, Ore­gon, Fish­er­Po­ets Gath­er­ing 2023

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The Working Boats Coloring Book

Working Boats Coloring Book

This rich­ly illus­trat­ed col­or­ing book, inspired by Tom Crestodina’s best­selling Work­ing Boats pic­ture book, is per­fect for col­or­ing enthu­si­asts of all ages who are curi­ous about boats and the mar­itime world.

Step into the fas­ci­nat­ing world of work­ing boats with this fun and gor­geous col­or­ing book filled with Tom Crestodina’s illus­tra­tions of intrigu­ing boats and live­ly mar­itime scenes. Col­or­ing enthu­si­asts of all ages will love bring­ing this world to life in full col­or. This col­or­ing book fea­tures 31 full-page illus­tra­tions for col­or­ing. On fac­ing pages, the book also includes infor­ma­tion about each of the draw­ings, with text by Fish­er­Po­et and essay­ist Tele Aad­sen, paired with small­er illus­tra­tions, which also wel­come coloring.

Avail­able Novem­ber 2023

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I Sing the Salmon Home

For this unique col­lec­tion cel­e­brat­ing salmon, Wash­ing­ton State Poet Lau­re­ate and Lum­mi trib­al mem­ber Rena Priest gath­ered poems from more than 150 Wash­ing­ton poets rang­ing from first graders to trib­al elders, all inspired by the Northwest’s beloved, icon­ic salmon. A diverse cho­rus of voic­es, they join togeth­er in poems that praise salmon’s hero­ic jour­ney, beau­ty, courage, and gen­eros­i­ty and wit­ness the threats salmon face from pol­lu­tion, dams and warm­ing ocean

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I Sing the Salmon Home

Listen

Hear­ing Voic­es, Com­ing Home, & The Sis­ter­hood, excerpts from What Water Holds

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Hooked on KPTZ Today!

by | May 10, 2013 | , ,

Apolo­gies for the last minute notice, friends, but I’ll be talk­ing fish and writ­ing on Port Townsend’s KPTZ this after­noon, 2:30 to 3:30 PST. You can livestream the show here, through KPTZ’s web­site. Big grat­i­tude to host Phil Andrus for extend­ing this invi­ta­tion, for…

An Abrupt Course Change

by | May 3, 2013 | , ,

I made smoked salmon chow­der on Sun­day after­noon. Sautéed onions and red pep­pers, tossed in pota­toes, car­rots, and parsnips, kept an anx­ious eye on the clock. It wasn’t the best time to start cook­ing. I need­ed to leave the house by 3:30 to make it to Vil­lage Books for my Beyond Belief author friends’ read­ing. That watched pot need­ed to boil – fast.

As soon as steam curled from the red cast iron, I snapped the burn­er off. Car keys and wal­let were in my hand when the phone rang.

Joel’s voice was gar­bled. “I’m in an ambu­lance. I blew out my knee.”