Michael HawesOct 1813 min readEssaysLast Of The Starched KhakisHow I learned to bridge the inter-generational empathy gap between co-workers in a variety of employment scenarios using Bobcat Logic.
Michael HawesSep 2612 min readEssaysCounting CreeksA little talk about aging and dentistry in the North Shore Mountains and how my wisdom tooth came to rest on Crown Mtn.
Michael HawesAug 2714 min readCoffee Cup CantosI Opened With Old ManTracing the thread of my favorite Neil Young song through the fabric of my life.
Michael HawesAug 227 min readEssaysA Maltese Black UmbrellaA Mediterranean lady helps me uproot a childhood fear.
Michael HawesAug 1513 min readCoffee Cup CantosRolling In Trifolium RepensA brush with my fey inner-Celt while looking over a four leaf clover.
Michael HawesAug 1113 min readEssaysThe Courage To Be ExaminedThe benefits of gentlemanly debate, literary honesty, intellectual courage and the bobcat logic of a California mink farmer.
Michael HawesMay 265 min readCoffee Cup CantosSpring MoonPaying my respects to the grandmother of my first-born son. Chun Ying, you were sweet as a chicory flower and as strong as the roots.
Michael HawesMay 313 min readCoffee Cup CantosSettling In To A Dreamless SleepWedding rings, dreams, kokopillau, lightning trees, wanderers and a cotton thread running from ancient Egypt to Early Texas.
Michael HawesMar 205 min readPostal StoriesMonsoon AngelMy first encounter with the spirit of St. Melangell.
Michael HawesDec 27, 20248 min readPostal StoriesThe Ancient Lusitanian Art of DendropracticIn which Mr. Rodrigues teaches me an ancient Portuguese healing art.
Michael HawesDec 13, 202410 min readPostal StoriesTiptoeing Into The ExtraordinaryHow a female coyote helped me decide when to retire from Canada Post.
Michael HawesSep 19, 20248 min readCoffee Cup CantosIt's In The GumboMy Texas Cherokee grandma and I have one last "Big Time" and she gets a job offer from blues legend, Gatemouth Brown.
Michael HawesSep 9, 20243 min readReviewsMyths of the Cherokee and Sacred Formulae of the CherokeesOne morning, as the sun rose, I walked around the big scar made by the machines and put an offering of tobacco inside a large coyote track.
Michael HawesJul 16, 202414 min readPostal StoriesThe Myth of SisyphusMy first and last days as a postie and some of the folks who helped me to cross and celebrate the finish. Busting the myth of invisibility.
Michael HawesFeb 1, 202412 min readPostal StoriesIfA Vancouver letter-carrier fills the unforgiving minutes on Fraser Street.
Michael HawesDec 9, 20237 min readPostal StoriesA Liu Shap GuyMy mid-life crisis is shot down before it has a chance to blossom into full flower.
Michael HawesNov 16, 20234 min readBank StoriesShe Came Through The FireHow I was blessed to deliver a special message forty years after a war.
Michael HawesNov 4, 202319 min readEssaysSteer Into ItTwo kinds of snow, two kinds of teachers, chips, giggles and two kinds of spanakopita with the aim of opening the third sphincter.