The Middle of Nowhere and How I Ended up Here

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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

The Return of an Old Friend

I returned to the boat, tired from dragging two carts behind me for a couple hours around the strange aisles in the supermarket. I thought I would find them all working away, just like I left them. But this was not the case. The three of them standing around on the deck, not working, just talking... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 24, 2007

Three Days to Go

Gary and I hard at it. There's a lot of fish to gut and cut and that's before we have to pack the ground up frozen fish. All of those things together takes most of the morning. We need a week to get ready before the season starts to do all this but we only have three days. He's been telling me about... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Return to Alaska

The holiday season came and went and now in January, I prepare to take flight to Alaska again. My mother called me every day this week to plead with me not to go. My brother, being a little more understanding said: ''Adriene, it's cool what you're doing; uncle Andy needs someone with him. And... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 17, 2007

Thanksgiving Dinner

It's Thanksgiving. My family gather together in my parent's house, all twenty five of us. My mother fussing around the kitchen, completely in control of the cooking situation even though she was cooking three different things at the same time, talks to her sister, my aunt Karen, aunt Cheryl, her... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 15, 2007

The End of Season

Fishing season is over for October. There was even a new year's eve style count down, which is weird. If everyone shouted 'HAPPY NEW YEAR!' at the end that would just be surreal, to me anyway. It's been three days since I last talked to Stellan who is now pretending I'm not here unless of course... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Trying to Find a Solution

'' You're not kidding yourself, why do you think that? All these years spent out here...there's no way that's worthless experience. Why don't just get another boat? Why does it have to be this one?'' His eyes wander, staring into space as he thinks, '' I don't know. I always thought it would be this... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 9, 2007

Confronting Him

''So what...you are going to come back next season? You sure about that?'' Gary begins the question portion of this, our last dinner time out at sea. ''It's more difficult in January- colder, more storms, rougher seas.'' George adds. Three of them sitting, me standing in the kitchen. George and Gary... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 6, 2007

My Future Made Public

Stellan pushed me to my very limits while we were out on the deck. It was the last string for the season and we were halfway through launching it. The weather wasn't too bad but it might as well have been. I was miserable and for the first time in three weeks, I was hating it. He constantly snapped... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Animosity

From the galley all of us can hear Stellan up in the wheelhouse. He isn't going crazy, shouting and screaming, but he isn't having a civil conversation. ''Never heard like that before.'' Gary says, ''Must be serious. Did someone tick him off?'' ''Not me.'' I say though I know why he is ticked off.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 2, 2007

Telling Him My Plans.

I'm just about finished cleaning up in the galley when Stellan comes in for a refill of coffee. He smiles at me but says nothing. That's as good a ''Hey there, how are ya?'' with him. He is a man of few words as you know. He still hasn't told me about his family and according to my uncle, he hasn't... Sign in to see full entry.

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Adriene's a city girl who is coaxed into helping her uncle out during the fishing season in Alaska.

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