NEWSIES – Lizzie Slogotski, from Victoria, British Columbia, right, hands out crayons to children at Sitka Public Library, Thursday. Slogotski and other cast members of the upcoming Sitka Fine Arts Camp production of “Newsies” wore their costumes as they handed out prizes and activities and sang songs from the Tony Award-winning musical. The show is set to be staged August 2-4 at the Performing Arts Center. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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A REVIEW: Fishing Tale Short, Deep
A REVIEW:
Fishing Tale Short, Deep
‘‘What Water Holds,’’ by Tele Aadsen; Empty Bowl Press, 2023.
For anyone who has ever stood on a boat’s deck, staring at waves, listening to birds or contemplating the circle of life and death, Aadsen’s book of musings on salmon fishing out of Sitka, Alaska, will take you back to that moment of communion.
The book’s lack of length belies its depth of words. Aadsen is able to evoke a moment in the life of salmon fishing as quickly as one sentence. “Reaching for the town hoody that’s free of gurry, notice, dried to the delicate flesh of your inner elbow, a single salmon scale.”
The book is mildly autobiographical and describes the author’s childhood fishing with her mother, and her current fishing with her life partner. Aadsen’s writing often takes on the cadence of thoughts, as diverse as how to raise a girl to fish, versus being a princess, and how being a crew member on a partner’s ship may or may not affect the relationship.
Just as she effectively describes the scenes of crewing, fishing, navigating and battling bad weather and fatigue, Aadsen invites us into her internal world as she looks at passing birds, thinks about taking the life of a fish for food, and talks to older women about their struggles being mothers and partners.
The book is slim at 143 pages, but I would recommend dipping in and out, rather than reading it in one gulp. This rich prose is better taken a sip at a time, the better to savor it.
--Betsy Longenbaugh
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Author Aadsen
At Public Library
Tele Aadsen will discuss her new book, ‘‘What Water Holds,’’ 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, in the Sitka Public Library multipurpose room.
The event is free and open to the public. For information, call Margot at (907)747-4020 or email margot.oconnell@cityofsitka.org
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July 2004
The high sockeye returns at Redoubt Bay and Lake have prompted the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to raise daily bag limits to six for sport fishers and to 25 for subsistence fishers.
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July 1974
The Assembly decided Tuesday against municipal participation in the U.S. Bicentennial Year commemorative project because of various objections to the project proposed: construction of a Russian tea house pavilion on the Centennial Building parking lot. The estimated local share of the project would be $37,000.
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