Denis & Margie Haack continue to write at Critique-Letters
A Minnesota December
Northern Minnesota December As a child I loved December best of all months. It held the two most important days of the year—my birthday…
Author: Margie Haack
My Faux Chicken Farm
We are living in the icebox nation right now. A few nights ago it was 17 below zero with a wind chill that brought…
Have Smartphones Shattered a Generation?
Have Smartphones and iPhones destroyed a generation of teenagers? asks a recent article in The Atlantic written by Jean Twenge. The piece that appeared in the most…
Finding Your Way Home: Backyard Chicken-keeper
Sunflower seeds? Dried meal worms? Leftover oatmeal from breakfast? The girls are used to my presence and most curious about what treats I'm…
My Old Self is my Young Self
I’ve been working on a sequel to The Exact Place, and have been reading old letters from the past, dare I say, 50 years?…
On Being a Bunny: Honeysuckle passes away
Honeysuckle died last night and today we buried her under the magnolia tree. She was Anita's eight-year-old beloved angora rabbit, a creature who delighted…
Prayer, the language of people in trouble
Stormy North Shore, Lake Superior As I enter the new week, I do not anticipate trouble. Nor am I in trouble today. Unless I…
Why toadsdrinkcoffee for a Blog Title?
When I began blogging back in 2008 I had to pick a name for the blog. So what’s with toadsdrinkcoffee? To be sure, the…
Cold Press Coffee so easy your dog could make it
"I'm on my third day in a row - back on coffee. I feel better about life." (expletives deleted) Recently a friend texted this…