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Michael Hawes
- Feb 4, 2022
- 8 min
It's In The Gumbo
My Texas Cherokee grandma and I have one last "Big Time" and she gets a job offer from blues legend, Gatemouth Brown.
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Michael Hawes
- Jan 13, 2022
- 72 min
Home Sweet Home, Harpocrates and A Grain Of Salt
A look at early Texas history, with a focus on the non-Native players as seen through a Texas Cherokee's perspective.
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Michael Hawes
- Jan 11, 2022
- 7 min
Oil Change
Paying my respects to one of my guiding hands. Compadre, you’re with me everyday and I could never fill up your boots.
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Michael Hawes
- Dec 28, 2021
- 11 min
You Can Swim Back
Swimming at gunpoint in Beaumont, Texas, a side trip to the Alamo and playing Red’s last requested songs on the Greyhound.
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Michael Hawes
- Dec 20, 2021
- 12 min
Settling In To A Dreamless Sleep
Wedding rings, dreams, kokopillau, lightning trees, wanderers and a cotton thread running from ancient Egypt to Early Texas.
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Michael Hawes
- Dec 15, 2021
- 6 min
Between Two Swords
When you account for your ancestors, you are never alone. When you account for their foes, you need to watch your six.
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Michael Hawes
- Dec 14, 2021
- 28 min
Some Words To The Close And Holy Darkness
Unwrapping Christmases past. Featuring: "A Child’s Christmas In Wales" by Dylan Thomas.
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Michael Hawes
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
Do The Math
A song waiting fifty years for the music to lift it off a brown braided rug in Beaumont, Texas.
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Michael Hawes
- Nov 16, 2021
- 19 min
A Brief History Of The Philippines
An historical overview of the Philippines. The study of history is necessarily the study of macro-economics.
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Michael Hawes
- Oct 21, 2021
- 4 min
Blue Light Cemetery
A humorous story of high school freshmen attempting to prove their mettle in 1970s Texas.
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Michael Hawes
- Oct 7, 2021
- 8 min
Last Fish In Texas
I gathered my tackle and loaded up the truck. I had no driver's license nor a fishing license, so I was ready for a proper Texas day.
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