William Hay, Writer

William Hay, winner of 3 Kenneth R. Wilson Writing Awards and Folio Award, Canadian Author Association member,author of Caesarean Section and Love Between the Sacred and Profane poetry books, and Psychiatry and Addiction, Personal Perspective book, magazine short story and prose columnist.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Wednesday, Hump Day, a Sunny day, Gratitude

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Thank you God for this day. Thank you for waking me. Thank you for Madigan my odd ball cockapoo who shoved his hairy nose in my face as gree...

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Struggle

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Recently I’ve found the word struggle is the underlying theme of my life of work, love and play. I don’t think it’s helpful. It’s like ‘en...

Sunday, May 7, 2023

Forest dreams

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I woke twice from sleep last night. Somewhere around 4 am I woke from a dream in which I was in Fort Garry on the recess ground of Viscount ...

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Madigan ,the testosterone crazed cockapoo

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Madigan has woken Laura and I multiple times through the night. He is miffed we have not allowed him on the bed with us. Much to our surpr...

Friday, May 5, 2023

Alice Lake Campground

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Thanks to Kevin (adventurerrvcenter@yahoo.ca), Thaun Vo of Rand and Fowler Insurance, Kelvin at Travco RV and Merry Maids of Burnaby, my Ad...

Saturday, April 22, 2023

Mama’s Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes

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When I was in grade school the high school put on a production of “I remember Momma”. My father, mother , brother and I all went one evenin...

Sunday, April 16, 2023

Sunday morning, rainy Burnaby

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The first time I was in Burnaby back in the 70’s I was absolutely uplifted by the brilliant green of the grass and forest. I realized that t...

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About Me

haykind: I began writing travel stories in grade 3. My mother was a journalist. I started publishing poetry and photography in high school. Dancing and acting followed with study in England with the world champion after bicycling across Europe. Medical school was also a time of canoeing and cross country skiing. Dad was a great outdoorsman. Country general practice was followed by northern fly in medicine. Completing a medicine fellowship and specializing in psychiatry, I did my California medical examinations before returning north to British Columbia where I began big game hunting, chicken farmed and sailed. Eventually, I solo sailed to Hawaii through winter storms. An island psychiatrist in Saipan, the weekly scuba diving was spectacular.Back in Canada, living on the sailboat,my Harley Davidson motorcycle became a whole new source of adventure. Raised Baptist, I taught sunday school for the United Church and eventually became Anglican a decade back. Bible study, Yogananda, Tai Chi, AA, celtic and native studies all added to that ecumenical Christian spirituality. Blessed by a loving family, beautiful partners, friends, pets and resilient house plants, life's a miracle.

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