A lapsed social worker turned professional deckhand, I spend half of the year on the waters of Southeast Alaska, and the other half based out of Bellingham, Washington. After an embarrassing number of years of contemplation, I'm working on a memoir of what it means to be a tree hugging, yoga posing, bleeding heart liberal vegetarian in Alaska's commercial fishing industry. Connecting with a writing community has been a big hunger of mine, so I'm delighted to join SheWrites and learn from new friends. I launched a first-time blog, "Hooked," in March 2011, which can be viewed at http://nerkasalmon.wordpress.com/
