Hanson Acres

Reading Time: 5 minutes When Dale Hanson looked at his phone and saw it was his sister calling, he set his wrench on the workbench and answered. “Good morning, Margaret.” Her response was garbled. “What’s that?” he asked. “Are you okay?” She answered, but Dale still couldn’t understand. “Is something wrong with Aunt Margaret,” Dale’s son Jeff called over […] Read more

Reading Time: 5 minutes “I’m not going skiing with a bunch of older boys,” nine-year-old Jenny said on Saturday morning. “They won’t wait for me.” “They will,” her mother, Elaine, said. “The twins might get sick of waiting for her,” Jenny’s 12-year-old brother, Connor, said. “Their mom will make them wait,” Elaine said. “They won’t want to, so they […] Read more

Reading Time: 4 minutes Donna and Dale had been home from Arizona for a week when Donna drove back from town on a Thursday afternoon to find their farmhouse cold. She checked the thermostat, inspected all the windows, then called Dale to come in from the shop and take a look. She was still putting the groceries away when […] Read more