Link to Article on Katmai Tragedy

I want to extend my sincerest sympathy to everyone connected to the Katmai tragedy that occurred earlier this week. On Wednesday morning, the 93-foot pot cod commercial fishing vessel lost steering, took on water, and rolled in two-story seas in the Bering Sea. Five crewmembers were killed, four were rescued, and two are still missing.
The harrowing [...]

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Business As Usual, Part Two

About a year ago I wrote a post called ”Business as Usual” that focused on all the “craziness” that accompanies the beginning of the coastal Dungeness crab season each year. We aren’t even to Halloween yet, but rumors and anxiety are already in full force.
I was walking down the hallway in my house a few weeks ago when I heard [...]

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Visits with In-laws and Gettin’ with the Times

The last two weeks have been busier than ever at our house. They began with a visit from George’s mother, who flew across the country to spend a week with us. We were thrilled to have her and agreed the visit was not nearly long enough. She was overjoyed to finally meet her grandson, as well as reunite [...]

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Capturing our Croatian and Commercial Fishing History

I went to a presentation at my local library last week.
It was sponsored by the Alzheimer Society and was the first in its “Memory Makers” series. This particular event focused on 20th century Croatian immigrants from the island of Vis (you’ll notice the correlation between the island of Vis and the name of our [...]

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November Issue of National Fisherman

We received the November issue of National Fisherman magazine in the mail a couple of days ago. I set it aside on the dining room table so that I could read the article headlined on the cover, “Alaska Perspective: The Importance of Sarah Palin,” a short article written by NF’s North Pacific bureau chief.
Also of interest [...]

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Holding Ground in a Non-Event

I thought I’d better take a couple of days to mull over the recent VP debate between Palin and Biden before writing about it. My hopes for the event–the entertainment factor, at least–were high. In the end,  I felt underwhelmed by it all.
To me, the most stirring moments of the debate did not have a thing to do with [...]

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A Reminder for You…

Don’t forget to watch the Vice Presidential debate tonight between Palin and Biden (yes, the debate is between the Republican and Democrat VP candidates—Palin and Biden. It is not a debate between Palin and Presidential candidate, Obama!).
Here is a link to a great article about what we can watch for on the part of Biden and Palin. 
Can’t wait to [...]

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Note on Comments Regarding Sarah Palin & Commercial Fishing

The past month’s discussion regarding Alaska Governor (and current Republican V.P. candidate) Sarah Palin has made for a very interesting blog experience here at Highliners and Homecomings.
I’ve just published a comment from an Alaska fisherman regarding Palin.  I chose to publish this comment in a post in its entirety because it was a direct reponse to Kodiak Fishing Wife’s comment, which I also [...]

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Alaska Commercial Fisherman Comments on Palin

The following is a comment submitted by a multi-generation Alaska fisherman in response to Kodiak Fishing Wife’s comment from last week.
 
You have to love the passion the ‘08 Presidential race has generated. Much of that passion is a result of our economy sliding into the abyss, with the added component of race and gender.
The gender [...]

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