Spring 2023 - Chicken Wings and Beer

 

Generally speaking, tree planting got worse the farther north you went. But Cache Creek is southern still, and the gentle ground there in spring gave the same fairy-tale feeling as Merritt with its sandy hills and sagebrush.

    The town sits on an old Gold Rush trail, feels like it used to be on the highway but now isn’t. And that’s exactly the case – twice over – since the gold tapped out and the Coquihalla went through …

 


Bio:

Cali Haan is a writer, ex-reporter, and former tree planter. Her writings have won nominations and prizes, including first place in the Vancouver Story Slam and honourable mention at the Out on Screen Film Festival. Her script Burger Flip Girls is in development, and the book from which this story hails is now seeking publication.

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