Posted in Commercial Fishing Family on November 27, 2007 | No Comments »
A couple of days ago I walked into the bedroom just as George was finishing up getting ready for the day. He had on a sweater that I recognized as one I’d bought for him at Old Navy several years ago.
Time had worn the sweater out. It was stretched out too far in back, and it [...]
Posted in Commercial Fishing Family on November 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
“Oh, no!” my sister, Stephanie, exclaimed in horror when I told her what we had going this weekend.
I’d had big plans for this Thanksgiving weekend. George and his crew took five solid days off from boat work, and I good-naturedly agreed to him using one of those days as his “free day,” to do [...]
Posted in Commercial Fishing Family, Jazzercise on November 21, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m posting this early, because I can see that tomorrow is already getting away from me. In addition, George has declared another Family Day for Thursday, so this is my best opportunity to post a Thanksgiving message.
Unfortunately, George is late getting home from the harbor tonight. A random boat cruised in and tied up in [...]
Posted in Commercial Fishing Crew, Commercial Fishing Family on November 18, 2007 | No Comments »
The Dungeness crab season begins the same way each year, with the same questions.
Will it start on time? When, exactly, will that time be? Will the crab crew from last season be back? Will there be a strike? Will there be weather issues on the start date, or issues surrounding the readiness of crab to be caught? When [...]
Posted in Commercial Fishing Family on November 18, 2007 | No Comments »
A couple of months ago, I mentioned to George that he should get on the Board of the Dungeness Crab Fishermen’s Association and help try to resolve some of the issues, political and otherwise, that plague this fishery.
Like all the Schiles, George is politically-inclined, and he is also very smart. For example:
In order to work as [...]
