ALASKA SUMMERS returns to its beginnings in the NESTER with a revisiting of “SID & SEVERIN.” In heavy ocean weather a cranky skipper, Sid, and a steady Severin tangle with each other in attempting to brail salmon into the Rolfy.
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ALASKA SUMMERS returns to its beginnings in the NESTER with a revisiting of “First Day With Severin.” A shrimpy sixteen-year-old, Tim experiences his first day on the salmon troller Rap III with Severin in 1955.
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Cathy’s poem. “Where Home Is” imaginatively and thoughtfully considers how each of us searches for “home” through the journey of the Monarch butterflies.
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Cathy Ross’s poems often make insightful connections between nature and the decisions we make in our daily lives. The wisdom in Cathy’s poems centers on what we can learn from a careful observation of nature. Watching the Heron is one of these poems.
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Long before we enjoy the first bite of a ripe tomato, Cathy writes a poem about the planting of tomatoes in the northwest.
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Spring is a time to celebrate flowers, but which flowers? Cathy Ross, in a poem about dandelions, asks us to think about that.
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We welcome Patricia’s poem that expresses the joy we feel when we look out our windows in the morning and find that the birds have returned!
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Cathy Ross returns with the title poem from her recent book of poems, “WHAT THE TULIPS SAID”. We welcome again how her close observance of nature has meaning for how we live our lives.
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Jake’s paintings and Ken’s poems are a delight for me to present to you on the Nester blog. Even while living lives quite distant from each other, these cousins’ lives intersected several times geographically, intellectually and spiritually. Jake early on joined Ken on the troller Lady Fay on a trip to Alaska and in later years, Jake spent time with Ken and Nancy on the Christian.
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Ken’ writing and poems are worth returning to for second and third readings. Whether rereading an essay or a poem, I often find something new to think about for awhile and maybe find a new insight into that’s meaningful.
SALMON JOURNEY V – -THE POEM “ADVENA KEN” TELLS AN UNUSUAL ROMANTIC JOURNEY Read More »
