I thought perhaps you might like to know a little more about my stories in Rolling Up. There are nine altogether, and you can read the first one on the Amazon.com site. Here’s a brief description of three more. I hope it will entice you to have a read.

SMILE

A disadvantaged American girl joins the military in hopes of finding a way out of her limited life prospects. She finds herself stationed in Abu Graibe prison in Iraq, however, recruited by a team assigned to soften prisoners up for questioning.

Negative Space

An adopted Canadian boy with an unknown past explores an artistic vision of his mother: a London chef fuses culinary traditions, tempted by the tastes of other cultures while forging a connection to his own. In an atmosphere of family discord, ethnic tension, and loss, two seemingly very different characters come together, making peace with the shifting, multifaceted nature of a modern identity.

Rolling Up

In this story, a novella, from which the name of the collection is drawn, a young woman searches for love and meaning in the increasingly devastated land of her youth. Moving through what is at once a euphoria inducing and disturbing landscape, from Robson Bight to the massive clear-cuts of northern Vancouver Island, she encounters fish farmers, researchers, gangsters, growers, and a natural world brimming with quiet guidance.

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Taking photos from inside a moving vehicle is rarely a good idea, and yet I couldn’t resist attempting to record this trip through the medina of Marrakesh in a beat up Mercedes.

This is a guest post by Carol Perry of Perrywinkle Cottage on Quadra Island.  Most of the ingredients for this recipe can be found locally, garlic, nettles, eggs, and cheeses. Thanks Carol! An afternoon in Open Bay on Quadra Island is like a mini vacation for me. I live on the more populated southern end [...]