by Douglas Granum | May 23, 2022 | Books, Marine Raiders / Navajo Code Talkers
The most hurtful circumstance about sorrow is the way it invites the crowding in of memories of happier times for poignant comparison with one’s present misery, and I was miserable. I am standing, anxiously dancing really, on a clammy flak jacket in the bottom of a...
by Douglas Granum | May 12, 2022 | A Creative Life
Welcome to the first installment of What am I reading? This is an opportunity for me to share some great books and literature. Things I have read, perhaps even years ago, or things I am reading right now. These might be words eloquently written, thoughts deep and...
by Douglas Granum | May 3, 2022 | GigHarbor
The region’s tribes, including the Puyallup, Nisqually, Suquamish and Squaxin, have long inhabited the small Puget Sound bay known today as Gig Harbor. Bands from the northern and southern parts of Puget Sound often camped on its shores as they roamed the sound...
by Douglas Granum | May 3, 2022 | GigHarbor
A purse seine is a large wall of netting deployed around an entire area or school of fish. The seine has floats along the top line with a lead line threaded through rings along the bottom. Once a school of fish is located, a skiff encircles the school with the net....
by Douglas Granum | May 3, 2022 | GigHarbor
Fishermen utilized many methods to ensnare salmon, including fishwheels, horse seining, gillnets, and traps. In the early years, these practices were mostly unregulated and left to the determination of the fishermen themselves. Chinese laborers and foreign workers...
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