"in 1995 Heather Burlesleft her job as a computer programmer and bought a one way ticket to Syria. In Smouldering Incense, Hammered Brass Burles describes her experoenced travelling through the countryside, renting a small house in Damascus, learning to speak Arabic, meeting people and avoiding trouble. As a woman travelling alone, she hasaccess to women's lives and is often invited into their homes. In describing these encounters,she does not romanticize the people she meets, but reflects unflinchingly on their lives and her own."

Released on Sunday, September 15, 2002 at end of steel park (approx. 88 ave and sask. drive) in Edmonton, Alberta Canada.

left on a bench near the memorial plaque