Editorial
Presence
Posted on May 24, 2018BY MADONNA HAMEL The three of us stood outside the Nativity of the BVM in the harsh light and dry wind of the morning, staring… Read More »
Cloud Lessons
Posted on May 3, 2018BY MADONNA HAMEL One summer in the sixties my mom returned from a trip to Vancouver with three new vinyls: the soundtrack to 'The Graduate'… Read More »
Only Connect
Posted on May 3, 2018BY MADONNA HAMEL How’s that book coming along? Finished that book of yers yet? When the hell did you start that thing? I know of… Read More »
Prophet Motive
Posted on April 23, 2018BY MADONNA HAMEL The 1960s are referred to in many ways: 1967 was “The summer of Love” that preceded 1968 as “The Year That Shook… Read More »
Lost & Found & Lost
Posted on April 19, 2018BY MADONNA HAMEL I'm sitting in a coffee shop in the town where I graduated from high school forty-two years ago. My dad just turned… Read More »
Take my breath away
Posted on April 9, 2018BY KATE WINQUIST kwinquist@maplecreeknews.com I had been feeling under-the-weather for most of last week. I developed a cough that was progressively getting worse as the… Read More »
Always Leave Room for Grace
Posted on April 4, 2018BY MADONNA HAMEL A few years ago I rode out to Mankota with a car load of fellow parishioners to attend a parish meeting concerning… Read More »