Family Fun Day and Pre-Longline Boat Work

I never get sick.
I don’t work in an office (does my bedroom closet count as an office?), don’t fly on airplanes very often, or hang out in schools. I exercise a lot, eat well most of the time, and have taken prenatal vitamins for the past three years.
I carry Clorox wipes with me [...]

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Fishing, Families, and…Free Speech?

Blog business is pretty interesting. Sometimes there’s so much I want to write for Highliners and Homecomings that I don’t know where to start. Other times, the well feels pretty dry and I panic a little. I’ve learned, however, that if I just relax, a subject always presents itself.
That’s what happened for this post. Yesterday [...]

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Up Next: Halibut and Blackcod

About a week ago I got a sinking feeling in my stomach. It only took a moment to register the cause—my subconscious was alerting me that it is getting time for George to leave us and head to Alaska to catch the halibut and blackcod quota.
I didn’t mention anything about it out loud, though (if [...]

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Drunken Fishermen: An Outdated Stereotype

There are some unofficial rules for bloggers. One of those rules, which I’ve mentioned before, is that one really shouldn’t work on her blog when she has other writing to do.
Another rule is that it’s a good idea to not state too many of your own opinions.
I’m ignoring both of those rules today because I recently [...]

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Writing Mothers: Deadline Extended!

I was making the round of my favorite sites the other night. That round includes, of course, The Writer Mama blog. I was pleased by one of The Writer Mama’s latest posts, as it contained great news for us writing mothers who didn’t quite make the April 1, 2008, deadline on the Cup of Comfort for New Mothers [...]

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Contest for Writing Mothers

The following is a contest announcement from the Mom Writers Literary Magazine (click on the link in my blog roll for more information):
“I knew what I was supposed to be doing, but my desires distracted me…”
MWLM Spring 2008
First-Line Writing Contest
Deadline: May 16, 2008
Entry Fee: $10.00
We are accepting submissions for our first-line writing contest starting March [...]

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Update Following Toby’s Appointment

I’m not sure what to make of Toby’s visit to the Animal Cancer Clinic on Tuesday.
His blood count is in the normal range, and an ultrasound did not show any tumors in his liver, kidneys, lungs, or any other organ.
The vets still diagnosed him with stage five cancer and believe it is somewhere in his [...]

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For Today, a Happy Toby

I can’t believe how well Toby is recovering from the surgery to remove his eye. If the eye problem was the only thing he had to deal with, I’d be relieved and excited about the outlook for his future. He almost seems like his normal self: barreling over Mandy to get to the front door first, lolling on [...]

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