Timothy Olson

Welcome to LETTERS FROM ALASKA 3 and to a new experience for you and for us on the NESTER blog.  We are taking an already published book, FISHING FOR COURAGE, and excerpting letters from Carole to her sister, Mary, included in the book. We encourage you to read this insightful book filled with adventures on Alaska’s Outer Coast and vivid descriptions of the land and sea.

Having fished several salmon seasons in Alaska, these letters are also a poignant reminder of how Lorelie and I   communicated when we were separated from each other during the summers not that many years ago!  How well I remember coming to town from the fishing grounds and running to the post office to retrieve letters for me and the crew!

We thank Carole for sharing these letters with you!

Carole Gibb’s LETTERS FROM ALASKA 1  reached one hundred twenty readers!  She continues the series with a second letter about the ending of a day’s fishing off the coast of Alaska.  

We are delighted to introduce you to a new series in the NESTER written by Carole Gibb. In these excerpts from her memoir FISHING FOR COURAGE, Carole writes letters to her sister, Mary, describing new experiences fishing and living in Southeastern Alaska’s outer coast and her response to them. Her descriptions of being new to Alaska life are vivid, honest, and often quite funny!

Patricia Hammill writes, “I started writing poetry when I was nine years old.  My mother had friends who were poets, my aunts wrote poetry, and I had wonderful teachers in school who not only wrote poetry but promoted poetry. Also, I had friends who enjoyed “playing with words.” Writing poetry seemed natural.”

We are pleased to offer you two brief humorous poems by Patricia.!