Artemisia
A place to walk with trees
Steer Into It
Two kinds of snow, two kinds of teachers, chips, giggles and two kinds of spanakopita with the aim of opening the third sphincter.
That He May Forget His Wounds
A bayou boy meets Lata Mangeshkar up on North Vancouver's Lynn Creek.
Ghost Story
A true ghost story from 1970’s Nanaimo where something is not quite right with an old house on Harewood Rd.
A Latter Day Sikh
Guru Gobind Singh meets Joseph Smith on a Vancouver sidewalk, who then meets the Lynn Valley Buddha. Story by Michael Hawes.
Never Squat On Your Spurs
There are two ways to fix your brakes and neither one works. A lesson from high school revisited upon retirement.
A Damn Good Marine
The Hand at work, reconciling my unnecessary guilt using mountains, mailmen and Marines.
Motivation, Ability And Dried Currants
In which my youngest son learns about ability and teaches me about motivation.
How I Got My First Pay Raise
Timing is everything for an eighteen year old Lynn Valley cook with an interest in ethnobotany.
Counting Creeks
A little talk about aging and dentistry in the North Shore Mountains and how my wisdom tooth came to rest on Crown Mtn.
To Catch A Thief
The thief stood nonchalantly and perfectly calm. He placed both hands on the counter and continued whistling softly.
I Opened With Old Man
Tracing the thread of my favorite Neil Young song through the fabric of my life.
Some Words To The Close And Holy Darkness
Unwrapping Christmases past. Featuring: "A Child’s Christmas In Wales" by Dylan Thomas.
Thermocouple
About my first cat, Thermocouple. In time, I learned that cats are not at all like wolves and in fact, they resent the comparison.
Lynn Valley To Tangiers On A Shoestring
Hitch-hiking from Lynn Valley to Tangiers. Introduction to Walkabout.
How I Became A Banker
How a Lynn Valley boy went from pipe-fitter to banker in one change of clothes.