Book excerpts – Cedar, Salmon and Weed

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Admin — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 19:02:03 +0000

To brighten your weekend, here at long last is chapter 1 of Cedar, Salmon and Weed for your reading pleasure. Be sure to click the “Buy” button in the menu above if you want to get a copy and read the rest! The image below is one of the preface pages to the novel, with some notes on Bamfield. Enjoy!

Read the first chapter of Cedar, Salmon and Weed here!

Wolf and Raven Letter Opener

Admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 01:36:42 +0000

Ben handed his white buddy the freshly carved letter opener. “It’s Wolf and Raven, Loretta’s parent’s clan’s totems.”

Cedar, Salmon and Weed, p. 228. Ben’s explanation after describing how he seduced white ladies, interested in his carvings, on the Nanaimo waterfront.

This letter opener, purchased in Nanaimo from carver V. L., inspired this passage. Photo: Rae Hopkins.

End of the road …

Admin — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 18:18:20 +0000

Photo: R. Hopkins

“There was something about being at the end of the road that attracted strange people… They came and, when the exotic became familiar, they departed, leaving their messes behind.”

From Cedar, Salmon and Weed, p. 237