Michael HawesMay 30, 20226 min readPostal StoriesBringing The Bacon To WorkAfter my first year delivering mail, I decided that it was my turn to bring in some treats.
Michael HawesMar 12, 202213 min readPostal StoriesPeering Into The AbyssThey say if you peer too long into the abyss, it will begin to look back at you.
Michael HawesFeb 25, 20225 min readPostal StoriesO Milagre do PássaroThe tragedy of his wife's condition had been perfectly met by the care and tenderness of her husband. It was a daily lesson for me.
Michael HawesFeb 11, 20229 min readPostal StoriesCorvus UrbanusOn the adaptability of crows and men when eating lunch in the urban outdoors of our era.
Michael HawesJan 30, 202210 min readPostal StoriesBig Boys Don’t CryIn which, at long last, I allow myself to cry.
Michael HawesJan 14, 20228 min readPostal StoriesRecognizing Your OwnOn finding your family, pondering hidden siblings and a tribute to my friend, Ms. Judy Joe.
Michael HawesJan 14, 20225 min readPostal StoriesMen In MotionIn which a man in a wheelchair teaches me not to judge a book by its cover.
Michael HawesDec 24, 20218 min readPostal StoriesToledo SteelA sword learns, "All wars of religion are only civil wars, and by civil war no nation's condition was ever bettered." Prince Henry -1618
Michael HawesNov 7, 202110 min readPostal StoriesLuck Has Nothing To Do With It In which I learn of the purpose and fate of a poem I wrote twenty years before my retirement.
Michael HawesOct 6, 20213 min readPostal StoriesThe Trail of TearsIntroduction to Recollections of a Vancouver Letter-carrier.
