The pathos of the morning. What day is it?
Direct from the boat to you. Often including socially distant delivery.
The boats are out. Many resources for fresh seafood in these times. Direct from the boat to you. Often including socially distant delivery.
SEE MAINECOASTFISHERMEN.ORG for a listing of resources available.
I think there may be more walking the plank than usual.
I think there may be more walking the plank than usual.
It didn't matter what you were. Only that you were light.
It didn't matter what you were. Only that you were light.
People I miss seeing. This man can fabricate and build anything. One of the Heroes of the Working Waterfront.
People I miss seeing. This man can fabricate and build anything. One of the Heroes of the Working Waterfront.
People I sincerely miss seeing these days : Mikey. Fisherman extraordinaire.
People I sincerely miss seeing these days : Mikey. Fisherman extraordinaire. Every time he dropped a line he brought up a fish. Miss you Mikey.
Shovel Constellation
Shovel Constellation
Memory from April 3rd 2015
I have missed you, Owl. You show up in the most surprising places.
I have missed you, Owl. You show up in the most surprising places.
We can support one another.
We can support one another.
A message from Stu Jones:
I have lobsters if anyone is interested.
Message me 776-0034.
Here's the opportunity to buy direct from the boat. You will know who harvested them. You will know his boat. You'll never feel the same the next time you look out in the harbor and recognize the Ann Elizabeth.
See mainelobsterfishermen on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Z4oOSJqRn/
REPOST FROM @rugged_seas “There is no better time than now to support local businesses... this includes farmers and fisherman. It’s a scary time for all of us, life has changed drastically in the last two weeks, but now is the time we all need to come together and support one another. My cousin is a lobsterman out of Portland, Maine. He has been selling fresh lobster right from his boat to try and sustain his business.... if anyone is looking for fresh lobster at a good price contact @harvester9283 “
Whole fresh ground fish from the Capt’n Jake
A message from a waterfront friend Ian Mayo:
The Covid-19 has definitely made our fishing industry come to a screeching halt. So to make a change we’re going to try something new by making a day trip and landing in Portland with FRESH ground fish on Monday for sale. If anyone would like whole fresh ground fish from the Capt’n Jake please let me know! This is buying fresh and as local as you can get!
Contact Ian Mayo via Facebook.
I have a place to return to. When I am cold. Or forlorn. Or confused. Or delighted.
I have a place to return to. When I am cold. Or forlorn. Or confused. Or delighted. I have a place to return to. It is not perfect. I have cursed it at times, of late I heap blessings upon it.
But as they walk their trudging steps, hoods up and insufficiently dressed, to be cast away from that location too, I pray that I may still have a place to return to. And, may I have the fortitude to acknowledge it's a mirage, and that I must anchor more deeply.
and the phrase comes up in my pre-coffee brain...
and the phrase comes up in my pre-coffee brain: Give someone enough rope to hang themselves.
The definition: to allow someone to accomplish his or her own downfall by his or her own foolish acts.
Comforted that it was coiled up and being stored at the moment.
Love scallops FRESH from the boat? Here's your go-to guy...
Love scallops FRESH from the boat?
Here's your go-to guy delivering incredibly sweet scallops fresh from the water, direct from his boat. I've never had better...and yes, this is unsolicited.
Here's the man, Rusty Parmenter, a year or so ago after hauling in a tuna and being met at the dock by his wife and baby. His boat? The Patricia Ann.
Buy direct. You'll never know fresher. You'll meet the harvesters...and in this case I even got to meet his family and I won't forget that. And every time I see his boat I think this is some sort of wonderful world. From the sea to us, direct.
Here's the opportunity to buy direct from the boat. You will know who harvested them. You will know his boat.
A message from Stu Jones:
I have lobsters if anyone is interested.
Message me 776-0034.
Here's the opportunity to buy direct from the boat. You will know who harvested them. You will know his boat. You'll never feel the same the next time you look out in the harbor and recognize the Ann Elizabeth.
Portland, Maine.
Cornered and Reflective.
Cornered and Reflective.
Last week he tells me from across the street that he'd like more anti-microbial wipes if I have any. I did because of you Dear Anonymous.
Last week he tells me from across the street that he'd like more anti-microbial wipes if I have any. I did because of you Dear Anonymous. He was using them on the bus even though the bus driver was also wiping surfaces down.
'I wipe down what I can before I sit down. I wipe down everywhere I touch before I leave... The bus driver thanked me.'
On another day at another time I would have hugged him, or maybe just put my hand on his arm to acknowledge that I heard that last part.
'The bus driver thanked me.'
That held such tenderness. I remember wilting.
Instead I left the wipes, and a coffee card and clean socks
( which he recycles where he shelters, so that they can be washed and used again ) on the granite step where he will walk and pick them up.
I will remain wondering if he knows how buoyed I was by his response.
And from a distant star all our isolation and distancing still appeared like a gathering.
And from a distant star all our isolation and distancing still appeared like a gathering.
Emily's Oysters. Fresh from the sea. To your doorstep. At a social distance.
This is Emily Selinger. She sterns for the lobster boat the Haley G. But she's also a kickass oyster farmer. Emily will deliver fresh oysters to your door step. Honest. Fresh from the sea. To your doorstep. At a social distance.
www.emilysoysters.com or follow her beautiful Instagram account at #emilysoysters.
Fresh oysters a few hours from the sea. Maybe we can all help support local folks at this crazy time and stay healthy too. You might not ever have fresher product. Thanks Emily Selinger!
You were leaving messages, dropped like crumbs...
You were leaving messages, dropped like crumbs, most of which had been scooped up in the beaks of gulls. Whether I would eventually arrive at that gingerbread house or not was uncertain.
Even what appeared disconnected revealed its infinite correlation.
Even what appeared disconnected revealed its infinite correlation.