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

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

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Merry Solstice, Friends!

by | Dec 21, 2012 | , , ,

As you know, I’m not so much into the hol­i­days, but Sol­stice always res­onates with our sea­son­al­ly dri­ven, migra­to­ry life. So it was a spe­cial treat to start today with one of Lynn School­er’s stun­ning Alaskan pho­tographs, cap­tioned with his own appreciative…

Life in the Gray: After Sandy Hook

by | Dec 17, 2012 | ,

I’m writ­ing to you from a fer­ry. Seat­ed alone on a mid­day cross­ing, star­ing into a mut­ed seascape. Ocean the green of beach glass, clouds shush­ing the sky; land’s faintest skele­ton peeks through sheets of rain. White­caps the only bright spots in this world. “Lots of…