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Jernigan Pontiac
Jernigan Pontiac was a Burlington cab driver whose biweekly "Hackie" column appeared in Seven Days 2000-20. He has published two book-length collections, Hackie: Cab Driving and Life, and Hackie 2: Perfect Autumn.
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The Time of the Lone Wolf is Over
July 18, 2007
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Hackie: Halfway House
"So, Grayson, how long have you lived on Isle La Motte?" I asked my customer. "Just over a year now," he replied from the…
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See You Down the Road: A Farewell Message From the Author of Hackie
After 23 years and some 600 stories, I'm calling it quits. The Hackie story appearing in this issue of Seven Days is the very…
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Hackie: Every Third Sunday
I'm riveted by personal stories of Vermont's rural past, perhaps because, as a city boy, it's so foreign to me. And it's part and…
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Hackie: Tractor Love
Butch Hawkes, my fiftysomething customer, and I were driving south on Route 7 en route to his home in the tucked-away Addison County town…
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Hackie: The Kindness of Strangers
My mission was simple and straightforward: Move Sonata Gustafson from her temporary home at a Shelburne Road motel to her new temporary quarters —…
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Hackie: Ted's Epiphany
"Oh, man, let me tell ya — this whole experience has left me a changed man. For me, it's always been all about work,…
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Hackie: Here's Mud in Your Eye
Make no mistake — I'm a city mouse, not a country mouse. I came of age in the Big Apple before moving to Vermont as…
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Hackie: The Trickle
One by one, my existing airport bookings had canceled, transforming my once-reassuring wall calendar (yes, I'm that old-school) into a sad display of big…
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