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September 7th, 2019 By Tyler-Rose 2 Comments

Summer in Alaska

My wise sister-in-law once said that the weather in Kodiak is an abusive relationship. It’s usually windy and rainy and cold and terrible, but when there’s a sunny day we all lose our minds about how beautiful it is here and keep telling each other that days like these are why we continue to cling […]

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July 13th, 2018 By Tyler-Rose 1 Comment

The Journey North: Up the Inside Passage

I think it was the quiet that woke me. I cracked my eyes open, squinting against the bright sun that had been shining since we’d reached Alaskan waters three days before. It took me a moment to realize that the constant roar of the boat’s engine was gone. I could hear nothing but the ringing […]

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May 16th, 2018 By Tyler-Rose 2 Comments

20 Great Gift Ideas for Commercial Fishermen

20 Great Gift Ideas for Commercial Fishermen | Every wondered what to get the Commercial Fisherman in your life? | List includes everything from socks to a GoPro camera | tylerrosecounts.com

Back when I was still just a fisherman’s girlfriend, there was a wonderful blog I read often called Commercial Fishing Mom. It was written by a woman from a fifth-generation commercial fishing family who had herself married a fisherman. It was a chronicle of what life was like for her and her family. Of her husband leaving […]

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April 28th, 2018 By Tyler-Rose 4 Comments

Do Something Worth Writing

Life is more than writing. Being brave in the face of the unknown | Sailing the Inside Passage | FishwifeWrites | Tyler-Rose Counts

“If you wou’d not be forgotten As soon as you are dead and rotten, Either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.” Benjamin Franklin Write Something Worth Reading I don’t remember when I first heard that Ben Franklin quote, but I think it was probably in high school because I remember feeling […]

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February 2nd, 2018 By Tyler-Rose 6 Comments

Resting Season

    I think many people find winter to be their least favorite season. It’s cold and it’s wet. Mostly it’s dark. Sometimes there’s ice that makes walking to your car an epic adventure let alone actually driving the thing. Shovelling snow is wretched. The vegetation in the grocery store came a long, long way from […]

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