Lisa
I am a historian based in Seattle. My writing focuses on maritime sites and the history of marine environments. Currently my research highlights the Salish Sea but my work has taken me many places, including the Pribilof Islands, Kodiak Island, French Polynesia, Hawai‘i, Oregon, California, Florida, Bahamas, Virgin Islands (British and American), Galápagos Islands, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Hong Kong, and throughout Europe and Canada. I am affiliate faculty at the University of Washington-Tacoma, and I serve on the Northwest Regional Council of the National Parks Conservation Association.
Mighetto
Venice
Photography & Poetry
I take most of the photos in my articles; these are samples of my work
Two months in Munich
Around Every Corner
History Unfolds
Rick Steves' radio program read my haiku about Munich in August 2022. I wrote the poem during my fellowship at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society (a joint initiative of Ludwig Maximilian University and the Deutsches Museum).
We joined Calista
Destination: Moorea
Dolphins leapt with joy
This haiku (above) appeared in my article "Tahiti Temptation," Sailing Magazine (April/May 2023). My husband Frank and I cruised with family in French Polynesia on Calista, a Leopard 46 catamaran.
Lighthouse Photos
From left to right, clockwise: Lighthouse at Point Venus, Tahiti (Sailing Magazine, April/May 2023); Heceta Head, Oregon ("Beacon Background" Column, 48° North, March 2022); Pigeon Point Light, California ("Bewitching Beacons of the Northwest Coast, " 48° North, Oct. 2022); Admiralty Head Light, Washington ("Beacon Background" Column, 48° North, January 2022); and Light at Sleepy Hollow, Hudson River, New York ("Outside City Limits," Passagemaker Magazine, March 2023).
Cruising Photos
Pictured left: Desolation Sound (story appeared in Passagemaker Magazine, July/August 2024).
Pictured below: "Sailing into a Pandemic," Sailing Magazine (June 2020) about a cruise in Mexico on an Outbound 46 sailboat; "Back To Baja," Sailing Magazine (July/August 2022) about a trip on a Leopard 46 catamaran; "Something Rich and Strange," 48° North (December 2024) about a trip in the Salish Sea on an Outbound 46 sailboat.
Racing Photos
This photo (left) of the next generation of racers at Cowes, England appeared in "Rich Traditions and a Northwest Presence," 48° North (November 2023).
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Photo below captured from the press boat at the Fastnet Race in 2023; appeared in "Bash to the Rock," Sailing Magazine (October 2023).
Pictured right: photo from my article on the history of rowing
"The Joys in the Boat: How an Iconic Sport Helped Shape Our Region," 48° North (January 2024).
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