Artemisia

How I came to wear those little bells on my key-chain.

Welfare Wednesdays on a 1980s Vancouver East Side postal route.

A look at the Canadian government budgets, Vancouver money laundering and the global drug trade that asks, What if?"

Guru Gobind Singh meets Joseph Smith on a Vancouver sidewalk, who then meets the Lynn Valley Buddha. Story by Michael Hawes.

World Cup Fever, drive-by shootings and an epic East Vancouver corner kick.

Human knowledge of reality, evident in folk cultures and now preserved in academic studies, is yet still visible to those who can see.

A fond look back at my ongoing relationship with Suzi and why we both “belong outdoors.”

When mice and men collide, necessity is the mother of mods. Genesis of the Hawes Modified Mousetrap.

A look at the yin and yang of security over a span four decades in the True North Brave and Free.

After my first year delivering mail, I decided that it was my turn to bring in some treats.

Healing, hurting, hauling, howling and hoping on the Sea To Sky Highway.

There are two ways to fix your brakes and neither one works. A lesson from high school revisited upon retirement.

My youngest son teaches Reproductive Biology to his 2nd Grade class and the finer techniques of oration to his teacher.

I used to hate painting until some St'at'imx anger management helped me get a burr out from under my saddle.

Cities eventually eat the farmers that made their existence possible. Enlightened urban farmers may cause indigestion.

How I was able to honour my father long after his death for deeds he accomplished long before I was born.

How I narrowly avoided being "set for life."

In which my youngest son learns about ability and teaches me about motivation.