Denis & Margie Haack continue to write at Critique-Letters
The Owl of Restoration and the best Scone Recipe
The restoration of routine and order. How good it has been to waken to slow coffee, fresh baked scones (I love the recipe I've…
Author: Margie Haack
What a Day
Some moments of suffering seem eternal. Mental or physical, either one. Both maybe. It gets in especially at night via insomnia or a dark…
Eating with Writers
When certain dear members of our family visited recently, ones who work in the restaurant business to support their daily needs and pursue the…
Prayer for an Immigrant
This displaced little visitor is doomed. I am used to moths that occasionally hatch out of the aging flours and grains of my pantry,…
War against Mice
I open the silverware drawer and notice little black grains and wonder who dropped dirt among the forks. Bits of bacon? Wild rice? Not…
How to love winter storms
Sunday. We were snowed in this morning – a happy thing. Eight inches isn’t much but it was enough for us to celebrate with…
Stop feeding the monster: Bird lessons in life
This week a handyman finished repairing holes in the siding of our house. A woodpecker hammered away until there were three holes large enough…
A new favorite coffee mug
We’ve always liked the earthiness of wood-fired pottery and not long ago friends took us to a cool potter’s studio near Amery, Wisconsin, where…
Gentle Giants
The Scott County Fair had a draft horse show last Friday and we watched the six horse hitches for the mares division. There…
