Denis & Margie Haack continue to write at Critique-Letters
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…
Denis & Margie Haack continue to write at Critique-Letters
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…
"I'm on my third day in a row - back on coffee. I feel better about life." (expletives deleted) Recently a friend texted this…
On April 25th the nursing home informed us that my father had died. He was 93 and failing, though slowly, and the end came…
Some moments of suffering seem eternal. Mental or physical, either one. Both maybe. It gets in especially at night via insomnia or a dark…
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…
When certain dear members of our family visited recently, ones who work in the restaurant business to support their daily needs and pursue the…
This displaced little visitor is doomed. I am used to moths that occasionally hatch out of the aging flours and grains of my pantry,…
I open the silverware drawer and notice little black grains and wonder who dropped dirt among the forks. Bits of bacon? Wild rice? Not…
Sunday. We were snowed in this morning – a happy thing. Eight inches isn’t much but it was enough for us to celebrate with…