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Category: autobiography

By oopsjohn Posted on April 24, 2020May 5, 2020

Woman in the Morgue

“Oh, what a life I lead!” She died alone. For weeks her body lay unclaimed in the local morgue. A zip-tied toe tag the only companion of a once zestful … Continue reading Woman in the Morgue

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Categories: Art/Artists, autobiography, Barbara Sparhawk, John Hayes, The Hawks Perch
By oopsjohn Posted on September 9, 2019September 10, 2019

The Pig Who Loved Plums

[Before she died in 2018, Expressionist painter & writer Barbara Sparhawk encouraged me to edit-for-publication our nearly 750,000-word correspondence. On her web site, The Hawks Perch, I have been posting … Continue reading The Pig Who Loved Plums

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Categories: Art/Artists, autobiography, Barbara Sparhawk, California, Coyotes, memoir, Mountain Lions, Nature, The Hawks Perch, Writing

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Hello & Welcome!

I’m John Hayes – aka oopsjohn, the ‘holy goof’ – an enigmatic septuagenarian with Pantagruelian appetites and a near-fatal tendency to ask too many questions.

Expect to find on this site an ever-evolving and widely diverse collection of “pics & quips” as well as conjectures and reflections designed to inform and engage.

I have no ax to grind or soapbox opinions to bludgeon you with (sic!), although I often play ‘devil’s advocate’ in order to encourage critical thinking.

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