Last year around this time, I submitted a piece for publication. It’s an excerpt from a much longer piece of work which follows my time in South Dakota from the initial arrest to my release from prison. Here’s a taste. Let me know if you are interested in more.
Hi. My name is Christopher Wang. Since 2005, I’ve been a commercial fisherman in Bristol Bay, Alaska. I’m also a Bay Area-based chef and have a direct to market business which distributes salmon from Bristol Bay throughout California. I appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. So I fish in Bristol Bay, Alaska and … More Transcript from Representative Huffman’s Listening Tour
This past weekend, I got to participate in an event in Bellingham, WA called SeaFeast. I was the guest of the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association (BBRSDA) and was a competing chef in the Skill of the Grill. That’s a lot of words and links. To put it short, I was in a cooking … More Bellingham SeaFeast
It’s a funny thing to put something down and leave it. Inertia has a strange way of setting in and taking hold and then holding on. I see that with my meditation practice. A few days off of my cushion and it starts to feel like a daunting task to get back on it. I’d … More Getting Started Again
Well, I did it. After a two month intensive training period, I “ran” and completed a 50-mile ultra marathon. “Ran” is in quotes because I spent a fair amount of time walking and probably had more in my tank when I finished than I actually would have liked. But, I finished and am ready for the … More Done! … and next?
About a month ago, I started training in earnest to run a 50-mile ultramarathon. It was something that I had on my bucket list but I kept putting it off. This summer, I lost some weight as I switched to a fat-adapted diet. One of my brothers also completed his first full Ironman which is … More Catching Up with Myself
March 6, 2012 After finishing another book, I slip on my canvas shoes and go for a run around our little track. 60 degrees and sunny. Unseasonably warm for early March. Through the steady rhythm of my feet and the susurrating air against my ears, I’m transported away from the confines of this oval track … More The Starlings
February 22, 2016 As per usual, I find myself awake in the hollow darkness of night. But this time I’m not startled from a dream but from the zip of ripstop sliding over Cordura. Someone’s stealing the surfboards! I slip out of bed naked and drop down into a crouch on the floor of the … More Ojo de Liebre Moon
A couple of years ago, one of our deckhands brought a hand salve on board that her mother was making through a her company called Tundra Love. She had infused the salve with plants that she had collected in the tundra and which she had chosen for their antiseptic and analgesic properties. If fishing … More Tundra Love! – for working hands
Hey Folks, I’m back from Standing Rock and wanted to share a bit of news and impressions from the the front line. I hesitate to put all this down as my perspective is strictly mine and I want to be clear that I’m speaking for myself and from my point of view. I’m not indigenous … More Back From Standing Rock
