Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Summer Steelhead and Tiger Lily

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10 pound Summer Steelhead Tiger Lily or Lilium Columbianum named after the mighty Columbia River Here's a summer steelhead ...
Monday, June 9, 2014

Salmon vs Shad

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Spring Chinook I caught yesterday. "Columbia River Tarpon" also known as shad.  These guys are fun to catch in the afternoo...
Friday, June 6, 2014

I know Rumi wrote, "The wound is the place where the Light enters you." but sometimes it's just a fishhook.

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[Sperm Whale] by Archibald Thorburn, 1860–1935 | Public domain in United States, via Wikimedia Commons I know Rumi wrote, " The ...
Monday, June 2, 2014

Fishing Essay and New Poem

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Many thanks to the powerful Alaskan writer Marybeth Holleman for reposting my fishing essay from August 2013 along with a new poem from ...
Friday, May 30, 2014

Blonde Mermaid Caught by Orcas Island

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I caught this mermaid while trolling off Orcas Island.  Suz' people go into the water to catch salmon with their teeth which seems mor...
Monday, May 19, 2014

Eight of My Clay Pieces, Good for the Next Two Ice Ages, and Last Week's Melting Antarctic Glacier News

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November The Dream of Seven Tails (featured at  The Trumpeter Journal of Ecosophy at Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada, an...
Monday, May 12, 2014

This video has great Oregon scenery and an important perspective on climate change.

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Monday, April 28, 2014

Practicing "the Speech"

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One of the best spring salmon fishermen on a river I visit gave me "the speech" to get out of trouble with a girlfriend.  "I...
Saturday, April 26, 2014

Seattle's Monarch Review Published My Eco-Poem "Thinking About AWP 2014 in Seattle"

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"Thinking About AWP 2014 in Seattle" (click if interested in a poet's perspective)
Monday, April 21, 2014

Fisher-in-Residence on Cascade Head

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Some of the poems were written at The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology in Oregon. I recall a scene in the film Fast Times at Ridgemont ...
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Friday, April 18, 2014

Fish or Cut Bait or Teach

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Photo by John Campbell. Click photo to see text. Four summers ago I taught a writing class at Columbia Gorge Community College in The Da...
Monday, April 7, 2014

Spring Chinook in April 2014

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                                                          Here is my first spring chinook of April 2014.                              ...
Tuesday, March 4, 2014

The Godfather Box and the Net of Indra

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I know there is some kind of synchronicity in the universe.  The Hindu concept of the Net of Indra was right about that.  Not far from The R...
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Monday, February 24, 2014

I'll Be Signing River Walker and The Other History Books at AWP 2014 in Seattle

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  The good folks at The Raven Chronicles invited me to sign my books at their J29 table on Thursday, February 27, 2014, from 3 p.m. to...