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. [...]
During the summer of 2003, we were visiting the book exchange at Lagoon Cove in the Broughton Archipegalo when we struck up a conversation with an older woman. She too was anchored in her modest sailboat while luxury yachts were tied to the marina docks anticipating the arrival of the happy hour celebrations that the marina is [...]
You know, I am not sure how this all came to be, but right from the beginning, I was relegated to the first mate’s position. One of my duties was to hang on for dear life to any rope thrown my way and to do the unthinkable – jump from a moving vessel onto a [...]
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 [...]