Happy First Birthday, Vincent. And—Thanks!

I’m starting to think that coming home from vacation is not a good idea for our family. On the day we plan to leave the beach, what we should actually do is stay an extra three days and then come home.
Shortly after we returned from our last vacation, we were devastated to learn that (following [...]

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Back from the Beach

“Husbands, wives, and children experience a variety of thoughts and feelings regarding family life as a result of the comings and goings of fishermen.”
Understanding the Ebb and Flow of Fishing Families
Adapting to Change /Oregon Sea Grant
 
The only thing that’s for sure in this business of commercial fishing is that nothing is for sure.
The uncertainty [...]

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A Time to Work, A Time to Rest

You know what I love about the picture that I’m including with this post?
The trucks.
In the foreground we have a white Ford F-350 flatbed that belongs to my husband, George. In the background, we have my dad’s black Ford F-350, a diesel “dually” ( for its dual tires) with “Tim’s Trailer” and a Kubota tractor on [...]

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A Second Blog is Born

Warning: This post will be of interest to less than 2% of the readers of Highliners and Homecomings and actually has nothing to do with commercial fishing, if you can believe it.
Most of you know that one of my favorite things to talk about is Jazzercise. It’s something that my long-suffering husband, George, must live [...]

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Dreams of Ghost Harbors

I recently switched out my down comforter for my quilt, but I must still be too hot at night, because my dreams have been rather disturbing of late.
The one from two nights ago was especially creepy. I was wandering around a commercial boat harbor alone late one night. It was pitch black and quiet. I walked [...]

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Good Times

This week, my dad sent around a couple of links to You Tube videos that featured salmon seining in Southeast Alaska. I enjoyed them so much that I am providing the links so that you can watch them also. Here they are:
F/V Quandary
F/V Pillar Bay
Admittedly, my family and I felt a range of emotions as [...]

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Topping Off the Tanks

“No doubt about it. Fishing is a hard way to make a buck…Pile on top of that the worry about the health of the industry, the physical wear and tear, and the separation from family and you’ve got a career that is so difficult, most human beings wouldn’t last a minute in it.”
(Letters to Fishing [...]

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