Reading Time: 4 minutes Dale was out in the shop alone early on Tuesday morning, bent over the collie as it slept in its cushioned bed. Dale was barking at the dog. Loudly. “Ruff! Ruff!” Jeff came in to pick up a wrench to tighten a dripping hose fitting on the air seeder before he took it to the […] Read more
Hanson Acres: The case of the barking dog in the night-time
Dale gets an answer to his question, “What do I have to pay to get a decent sleep around here?”
Hanson Acres: When tomorrow comes…
Maybe someone will lose those stupid signs anyway
Reading Time: 4 minutes The first day, Dale found ways to cope with the frustration. He watched from his truck, driving out to the field and back. He paced the yard, if hopping around the yard on crutches could be called pacing. He phoned his son, texted his father. But by 10 a.m. on Day 2, Dale hit the […] Read more
Hanson Acres: Ouch!!!… Now the Hansons really need help
The question is, is Elaine’s idea for finding that help as harebrained as one person in particular seems to think?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Thanks, Elaine,” Donna said, watching her daughter-in-law clear the supper table while Elaine’s son Connor wandered off to play and the baby napped in the corner. “You two need all the help you can get,” Elaine laughed, looking at Donna’s casted foot resting on a flowered pillow. Dale hadn’t wanted to say, “I told you […] Read more
Guess who’s coming to dinner
Brian chuckled: 'You must have missed a meeting, Dale'
Reading Time: 5 minutes Last year the Hansons had invited way too many relatives to Thanksgiving dinner. The immediate family had snuck out to the shop to eat pie standing up and get away from the chaos. This year they promised: “just us.” So Dale was confused when he ran into Brian Miller at Tim Hortons. After the usual […] Read more
Hanson Acres: Interpret this!
When the busload of Chinese farmers arrives on tour, they see more than any of the Hansons had planned
Reading Time: 5 minutes Dale’s shift running the swather was finally over. He’d never been so glad to see a truck pull into the field. He was shirtless when he climbed down from the cab to switch off with his son Jeff. “I had to strip down to stand it in there,” Dale said, wiping sweat from his forehead […] Read more
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