Wonders – Page 8

Embracing The Wilderness: The Time of My Life

August 27, 2016August 28, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

Can It Be True, Tell Me Can This Be Real How can I put into Words How I Feel? This season in Alaska has been a special sort of apothecary and apothic for the mind-numbingly[…]

Conversations in Alaska: “I wish I could snag” 41 of 50

August 12, 2016August 12, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

I pass street kids milling about with their fishing poles, unironically, all season long on my walk to work. I see the same handful of them coming into my apartment in the alley. I’ve never met them,[…]

Conversations in Alaska: “We saw where the glaciers used to be” 42 of 50

August 10, 2016August 10, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

A wandering soul read my sign and said “Oysterman?” I laughed, dismissively. “Yep.” He said “Sounds like a super hero.” And a few minutes later he said “Have fun with the super hero” and walked[…]

Conversations in Alaska: “We saw each other from across the room,” 43 of 50

August 9, 2016August 9, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

“So how did you meet your girlfriend?” “Oh my gosh, I haven’t told you this story?” “I’m sure I’ve told you this story. Okay well forgive me if you have, you need to tell me[…]

Nearing End-of-Season Check-Up: How to Remember Alaska

August 9, 2016August 9, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

There’s not much that isn’t temporary. Temporary tattoos are temporary, but so are permanent ones as they will fade over the years. Cheese is temporary, sadly, and so are baby teeth, adult teeth, wisdom teeth,[…]

Conversations in Alaska: “Kids Don’t Have to Be Expensive,” 48 of 50

July 27, 2016August 3, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

I talked yesterday to a deckhand engineer in his laidback carhartts and button-down cotton shirt. He paused and stood outside Salmon Landing. He said “Where are you coming from?” “I had to deposit some laundry[…]

Crash and Grab vol. 2 | Returning Home and Coming Back to Un-Home

July 5, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

From: Into the Woods The Musical There are Giants in the sky! There are big tall terrible Giants in the sky! When you’re way up high And you look below At the world you left[…]

Customer Service and Flukes | Day 7 of Training

May 3, 2016May 3, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

a post I wrote for facebook, but did not post: Blow up T-rex, I’m not excited about you. While we’re on the subject of blowing things up, I’m not living the dream life, I am[…]

Training and Raining | Fighting Fire and The Blue Hour

May 1, 2016May 1, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

The Morning from the Dock: The sun never sets on a badass, even in a rainforest. In general: when I wake up for work, dread fills me in certain volumes. Like the Fujita Scale: each[…]

Arriving to Alaska | Boat to Plane to Truck to Sleep

April 19, 2016May 15, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

I flew west from Seattle to Southeast Alaska. The last hour of the flight was suddenly baptized in bright light- I was surprised because I was expecting rain from an earlier text. AlaskArrival: I landed,[…]