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.

Friday, March 8, 2024

3 am awake

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I woke feeling afraid, anxious, vulnerable. I have resisted the paranoia of the world. I’ve fought against the psychosis of modern society....

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Wee hour peanut butter and jam

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I am having a peanut butter and marmalade open sandwich. It’s 5 am. I woke up at 330 am to pee and now have peed twice, said prayers, pett...

Saturday, March 2, 2024

Commercial Street

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Commercial street is my favourite people watching street. Great coffee shops. Joe’s is a favourite. Today I’m sitting in the heated balco...

Friday, March 1, 2024

Thank you God for the rest.

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I am grateful today. I’m settled back into my residence with Star Link finally working. I’d restored electricity , water and sewer and had...

Thursday, February 22, 2024

Gratitude for a Workation South

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I am thankful today for the last few months. Seeing the Fifth Wheel I remembered the chaos of departure. I’d not moved the fifth wheel in ...

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Burnaby Homecoming

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I’m happy to be home. I felt good crossing the border. At least after I’d been passed through customs despite Madigan humping my arm. In re...

Sunday, February 18, 2024

Burnaby Home

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I feel relaxed after the hours of driving to see a friend. It’s good to feel safe and rest. I’ve made a list of the many things I must do i...

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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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