Denis & Margie Haack continue to write at Critique-Letters
Mary comforts our Mother Eve
A Christmas card arrived last week. Nothing unusual about that in the month of December. It isn't often that a mere card digs into…
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Heartbroken or Hopeful (maybe both)
I felt heartbroken after reading this excerpt from “Figuring” by Maria Popova who blogs at Brain Pickings. She is a secularist bravely trying to…
Crafting, Nativity and Comfort
A Salt Dough Creche Soire One December, many years ago when I was still into crafting like my redemption depended on it, I decided…
Writing with interruptions
Today like many summer days, I sit at my desk hoping to make some progress on my current manuscript. For any writer, not just…
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…
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,…
Heartbreak
I was eight years old for one of my first encounters with “heartbreak.” Our game little dog, Bing, was kicked in the head by…
Remembering Solzhenitsyn
It was his novels--One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962) and Cancer Ward (1968)--that probed most deeply into my heart and imagination. Scenes and…