Feb 21, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today, to celebrate the opening of the annual Fisher Poets Gathering in Astoria, Oregon, we honor Fisher Poets who are no longer with us.
We’ll hear a song from Fisher Poet great Jon Campbell, who passed a few years ago. Jon was a prolific and creative songwriter and performer who hailed from Rhode Island, and his performances were unforgettable.
You can hear more of the works of Jon Campbell and other, living, Fisher Poets, at this weekend’s Annual Fisher Poets Gathering in Astoria, Oregon. Performances are are happening Friday through Sunday morning. For more info, see fisherpoets.org.
If you can’t attend, KMUN radio in Astoria will livestream the Gathering from 6-10 pm Friday and Saturday from the Liberty Theater in Astoria. You can tune into KMUN locally at 91.9 fm, or livestream it at kmun.org, or download the KMUN app. I’ll be your host both nights.
For a live videostream of FPG performances at the Liberty on Friday and Saturday nights, check out the FisherPoetry Archive Project’s live videostream, courtesy of FPAP founder Brad Wartman. You’ll find that on the FisherPoetry Archive YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thefisherpoetryarchive.
Note: I’ll be away next week visiting with old friends. I hope you enjoy the archive interviews you’ll hear Feb 24-28. The Ship Report will return, with ship schedules and marine weather, on March 3.
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Feb 20, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
As this weekend’s annual Fisher Poets Gathering in Astoria, Oregon, approaches, we’ll take a look today at a PNW author who’s been a regular at the event for years: Tele Aadsen.
Tele published her first book in 2023, What Water Holds, and today we’ll hear a reading from it. Plus, how you can get more info about the Gathering, and how to listen live if you can’t be there.
The Gathering begins Friday, with events on Saturday and Sunday morning.
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Feb 19, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
The Columbia River has dams and locks inland from Vancouver, and billions in commerce pass though those locks each year by tug and barge. After all that wear and tear, the Army Corps of Engineers schedules yearly maintenance periods during which locks are closed and all equipment is inspected, repaired and maintained. It’s part of the essential workings of a river system that is a huge economic engine for the region. We’re coming up on one of those annual two week periods in March.
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Feb 18, 2025 | Columbia River Ship Traffic, Home Slider
Today we’ll talk a little about the annual Fisher Poets Gethering happening this coming weekend in Astoria. And a look at today’s ship traffic.
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Feb 14, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
We’ve been talking this week on the show about People on the ships we see. So far we’ve talked about the people on board. Today we’ll talk about an important additional piece of things: the portside army of professionals who make it possible for ships to arrive, handle cargo, and depart – in as smooth and efficient a manner as possible.
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Feb 13, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today, continuing this week’s theme of people on board ship, we’ll talk about food. Fresh, well-prepared meals are essential to crew morale. Without a good meal after a hard work shift, sailors can get pretty discouraged as they labor for months without much time off. So wise captains make sure food on board is good and plentiful.
Photo courtesy US Navy. Galley aboard the USS Mesa Verde.
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