Aug 12, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
I received a listener question about a seasonal phenomenon people are noticing in the lower river right now: patches of dull red in the water. What is it?
Turns out it’s not what many people think: it’s NOT a dreaded toxic algae bloom.
Instead it’s a good thing: a bloom of beneficial phytoplankton that is helping restore oxygen to the water and reduce harmful acidity. We’re seeing it more in recent years, and it’s helping the river become a healthier place for living creatures like salmon.
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Aug 11, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
The National Weather Service issued a low water warning for the Columbia this past weekend and today, as minus tides and seasonal low water levels make navigating the river more challenging.
We’ll talk today about why water levels can be lower at this time of year, and when they will improve.
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Aug 8, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today’s episode concludes this week’s interview series, where I’ve been sharing excerpts from my interview with Pat Dixon, fisher poet and author of the new book of poetry, Mending Holes.
Many thanks to Brad Wartman of The FisherPoetry Archive Project for his help engineering and recording this interview on Zoom You’ll find Brad’s extensive library of Fisher Poet Gathering and other maritime related recordings and podcasts on his website at TheFisherPoetryArchive.com.
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Aug 7, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
We’re continuing my interview with Pat Dixon, fisher poet and author of the new book of poetry, Mending Holes.
Today Pat and I talk more about his creative process as an author, and about how the book got its name.
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Aug 6, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’re continuing to hear parts of my interview with Fisher Poet and author Pat Dixon, who just published a book of poetry called Mending Holes, about his memories of life as a commercial fisherman.
One of the topics I love to explore with people who make their way in the creative arts, is to ask them about their process: how do these magical works come to be, seemingly out of thin air.
Every writer, poet, songwriter, for instance, seems to tap into that muse, that process, that creative spark, in their own way.
So today I’m talking with Pat about how he writes his poems.
Many thanks to Brad Wartman of the FisherPoetry Archive Project for his help engineering and recording this interview on Zoom You’ll find Brad’s extensive library of Fisher Poet Gathering and other maritime related recordings and podcasts on his website at TheFisherPoetryArchive.com.
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Aug 5, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we continue my interview with fisher poet and author Pat Dixon about his new book, “Mending Holes,” a collection of his poetry, all about his life as a commercial fisherman in the waters of Alaska. Today, Pat shares some poems from the book.
Many thanks to Brad Wartman of the FisherPoetry Archive Project, for engineering this Zoom interview. https://thefisherpoetryarchive.com/
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