I was reading Fishing with John by Edith Iglauer – a chronicle of a woman’s experience of commercial fishing on the British Columbia coast. Edith was an American raised in an upper class family in New York City when she met John, a closet scholar and commercial fisherman who trolled for spring salmon using traditional fishing methods. [...]
The warm sun shining on my now dehydrated face was no consolation for my surroundings. A picture-perfect day 10 miles off the coast of the big island in Hawaii would normally result in quiet contemplation of my many blessings. Eight hours out with a marlin on the end of the guy-from-Wisconsin’s line – and I’m looking over [...]