Years ago, I was standing in an Alaskan stream with a flimsy fishing rod, trying to catch a spawning salmon. I had pedaled about 9 miles from my place of work, one inlet over on the famed Inside Passage, a small plastic bag sitting weightless in the pannier of my bicycle. I had a pocketknife, […]
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Sexy, Sexy Herring
I sometimes ask myself whether I’m beautiful. It’s always a short conversation. Then I wonder what exactly “beauty” is anyway. I’m wondering about attractiveness, or “sexual beauty.” But that isn’t the only kind of beauty. For example, there are many beautiful sea creatures — beautiful even when washed up dead. And we don’t want to […]