Hap Hansen, Author

Hap Hansen, Author

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A Place for the Angel (a short story from December 1997)

Windsor Gardens Writers Group - 595 South Clinton Street - Denver, Colorado 80247

Windsor Writers

A Parade of Phone Calls (5/18)

Cantankerous Aunts and Uncles (5/18)

Cutting Corners (5/18)

E.T., Phone Home (5/18)

Job Seekers' Questions (5/18)

Let the Sun Shine In (5/18)

Passing Comments (5/18)

Green Stuff (4/18)

A Town With No Locks (3/18)

English Verbiage (3/18)

Gourmet Dining (3/18)

The Stream of Time (3/18)

A History of Opioids (2/18)

If I Had to Name One Song (2/18)

Ah, The Good Old Days (1/18)

Flying v. Trains (1/18)

Name Change (1/18)

So Many Why's (1/18)

Hap retired as Vice-President and General Manager of Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Company in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. After 57 years of marriage, his wife Carolyn died in 2014 from complications of Alzheimer's Disease. Together, they have three children and seven grandchildren. Hap is in his twenty-second year of retirement and says he has not missed a single day of working.

Living Forever (10/18)

Speech Tendencies in Cliches (10/18)

The Grandparent Game (10/18)

Missed Connections from Days Gone By (9/18)

Technology in Language (9/18)

The Letter that Began with GREETINGS! (9/18)

Afterthoughts are Humbling (8/18)

Awestruck and Remembrance (8/18)

The Good Old Days (8/18)

Crossing the River (7/18)

I'm Not Kidding (7/18)

Inanimate Objects (7/18)

Our Habits Make Us Who We Are (7/18)

Aah, the Month of June (6/18)

Let's Have a More Clear Vision (6/18)

Mediocrity (6/18)

The Garage Sale Vacation from Hell (6/18)

Wishes (6/18)

MY PIECES BY THE YEAR: 2018 2017 2015/16

Ah, Summertime (9/19)

Time in a Stream (9/19)

Working for a Living (9/19)

Questions in Haiku-type Poetry (8/19)

Someday I May Learn to Read Directions (8/19)

Summer Fun (8/19)

What's In a Relative's Name? (8/19)

Compassion (7/19)

Is This as Good as it Gets? (7/19)

Least Favorite Place (7/19)

The Seasons of Life (719)

Summer Vacation on the Farm (6/19)

Never Argue with a Woman (6/19)

Memories are My Favorite Possession (6/19)

How Can We Be One? (6/19)

Finding Someone Else to Blame (6/19)

Three Buds, Please (5/19)

Things I Wouldn't Change (5/19)

A Life of Hope (4/19)

Color is Only Skin Deep (4/19)

My Presidential Bookcase (4/19)

A Comforting Age (3/19)

Lighting the Skies (3/19)

Moonlight (3/19)

A Few Things to Which I am Unaccustomed (2/19)

Cause to Celebrate (2/19)

How Do You Know if You're Living a Simple Life? (2/19)

At My Age (1/19)

New Year's Resolution (1/19)

Giving Holiday Greetings to Extreme Politicians (1/19)

A Learning Experience (12/18)

Beware the Classified Ads (12/18)

I Can't Write About That (12/18)

Llisten (12/18)

How Do You Spell Quiche? (11/18)

Questions of Charity (11/18)

Song Noise (11/18)

The Habit of Saving Money (4/20)

Remembering Marriage (3/20)

What Was Said (3/20)

Roads I Have Learned to Take (3/20)

Looking Toward the Night Sky (3/20)

On the Shady Side (3/20)

Embrace the Highlights (2/20)

Technologically Challenged (2/20)

Strange Words and Phrases (2/20)

The Good Life (2/20)

Buck Deer (2/20)

Cave Men (2/20)

The Not So Golden Years (2/20)

Traveling the Country (2/20)

Can Rules Become Laws? (12/19)

Mutual Concessions (12/19)

Today is My Favorite Day (12/19)

Unusual Word (12/19)

Word Tool Box (12/19)

Days Gone By (11/19)

Images of Sound (11/19)

Supernatural Fiction (11/19)

Words of Irritation (11/19)

If There's a Will, There's a Way (10/19)

Laughter is Not Always the Best Medicine (10/19)

What's In Your Bucket? (10/19)