A fisherman’s tale

Prologue

As I was typing up a list of fishing stories I have heard while working on crabbing boats…

The Meta in Metagenomics

In the subfield of Biology called genetics a discipline has emerged. It is called Metagenomics. I use the term discipline specifically because if you are doing metagenomics research you are a cross-disciplinary jack of all trades researcher and everyone wants you, cause you can make…

The Tachyon

After my fishing debut upon the Ingrid and subsequent departure I set about looking for other boats to work on. Little did I know that…

The Tavern

I made my choice. The next day the captain probably found the note I left on the sink. I wonder what happened next. Was he pissed? Resigned? I will never know. I wonder what he told the other captains at the bar. Word in such a little town spreads like wildfire. Often times, people know what you did before…

A Crabtastic Life

The worst part of being an observer is not the crab shell measuring or living at sea for weeks on end. It is the paperwork. By…

A good deed undone

I am in Kodiak. One of Alaska’s larger “cities” nestled on the northeastern end of the Kodiak archipelagos several hundred…

There and going back again

I am packing my belonging tonight. Tomorrow morning my mother and I drive to Portland, Oregon where we will…