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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Read: Hooked

How Nerka Got Her Sea Legs Back, Part 2

by | Apr 23, 2011 | ,

[Part 1 of “How Ner­ka Got Her Sea Legs Back” can be viewed here.] “Uh-oh,” Joel said. “Hang on!” We surged into a sea of white­caps, as clear­ly delin­eat­ed from the calm water behind as if a line was drawn between the two. I braced myself and grabbed the depth sounder.…

How Nerka Got Her Sea Legs Back (Part 1)

by | Apr 20, 2011 | ,

Crea­tures removed from their nat­ur­al habi­tat are a sad sight, and I feel the same way about boats out of water. Perched on spindly pros­thet­ic legs of steel tripods and wood­en blocks, they loom gan­g­ly and uncer­tain, vul­ner­a­ble bel­lies exposed and dusty where they…