Opa Reads

TFoH Chapter 21: Grandfather’s War, and Mine 14.01.2022 25:34 ↓

Uncle Levi finds Ralph at his elevator job, then he wrestles out what has been bothering Grandfather all these years.

TFoH Chapter 20: The Screen Door Bangs 13.01.2022 13:55 ↓

Tragedy strikes as Grandfather continues to suffer from anger and has wrongful outbursts. Ralph and Millie both depart the farm after Ralph had finally built Millie her screen door.

TFoH Chapter 19: The Stone Rake 12.01.2022 18:31 ↓

Ralph invents another implement, Millie is plagued by flies, and Grandfather goes to auctions.

TFoH Chapter 18: I Meet Annie 06.01.2022 13:13 ↓

Ralph takes time away from grandfather’s cross attitude and gets a glimpse of the beauty of Annie Littlehale.

TFOH Chapter 17: Grandfather Finds the Bees 29.12.2021 21:13 ↓

Ralph helps Grandfather find and then gather the black belts home.

TFoH Chapter 16: I Learn To Draw a Temper 16.12.2021 18:33 ↓

Ralph returns to help grandfather and there comes a change in their relationship when Ralph admits fault.

TFoH Chapter 15: Grandfather Sends Me Home 12.12.2021 13:37 ↓

Ralph and Millie get in trouble for losing bees, but especially for making a dressing spreader.

TFoH Chapter 14: Trouble With Bees 10.12.2021 17:48 ↓

Grandfather left for his reunion and will be back in a week, but when the bees left for a new home, Ralph and Millie suffered from stings and from the lost days of spreading dressing.

TFoH Chapter 13: The Horsefork Works 09.12.2021 13:24 ↓

Ralph and Millie get all the hay in so that grandfather can go to his reunion.

TFoH Chapter 12: Millie Agrees to Help 08.12.2021 12:55 ↓

Grandfather vents his fury and ends up sick in bed. Ralph sees an opportunity to get half of the hay in from the field…but he needs to use the horsefork.

TFoH Chapter 11: The Horsefork Disaster 07.12.2021 21:09 ↓

Ralph loses his temper and then learns to keep it in the face of grandfather’s verbal attacks. A fine contraption is lost when it breaks and grandfather sends Uncle Levi home

TFoH Chapter 10: Slow And Easy Goes Far in a Day 06.12.2021 18:32 ↓

Grandfather makes a powerful good trade which allows Uncle Levi and Ralph to repair the rake uninterrupted. Ralph also learns to let grandfather be the best at hay pitching.

TFoH Chapter 9: Uncle Levi Teaches Me To Swing a Scythe 02.12.2021 21:24 ↓

Ralph helps mend the teeth of the hay rake and then he learns to cut hay steadily with Uncle Levi coaching him.

TFoH Chapter 8: New Tricks 01.12.2021 17:42 ↓

Uncle Levi begins to discern some of the cause for tension with grandfather, and then he places himself squarely in Ralph’s court by helping plan the repair of a rake.

TFoH Chapter 7: Uncle Levi 30.11.2021 13:42 ↓

Ralph decides he can’t abide grandfather’s antagonism any longer, so he plans to go to Colorado the same day that Uncle Levi shows up.

TFoH Chapter 6: I Currycomb the Yella Colt 28.11.2021 16:52 ↓

Ralph reaches an understanding with the Yella Colt and Millie accepts Ralph a bit more.

TFoH Chapter 5: Snath and Scythe 26.11.2021 15:16 ↓

Haying begins with a disastrous day and Ralph is ready to leave for Colorado as soon as the hay gets in.

TFoH Chapter 4: The Mowing Machine 25.11.2021 12:59 ↓

Ralph learns what a snath is and he receives a verbal assault from his grandfather as they begin their first work together.

TFoH Chapter 3: The Yella Colt 24.11.2021 8:43 ↓

Ralph makes the transition to grandfather’s farm by realizing that not all is as it seems to be.

TFoH Chapter 2: Grandfather’s House 23.11.2021 16:23 ↓

Ralph gets bowled over by a hog and then is talked to distraction by his grandfather.

TFoH Chapter 1 From Colorado to Maine 22.11.2021 13:02 ↓

Ralph gets sent away from Boston and must now spend time with his grandfather.

MEC Chapter 24: A May Basket For Mary Emma 27.10.2021 11:53 ↓

The laundry business goes over the hill, and two May baskets are delivered by the Moody boys.

MEC Chapter 23: Every Little Bit Helps 18.10.2021 13:31 ↓

Ralph’s partnership with his siblings, along with the help of the Medford Fire Department, leads to a hopeful outlook for the family finances.

MEC Chapter 22: The Law of Salvage 14.10.2021 20:48 ↓

Ralph and his buddies successfully gather and salvage timber and blocks from the mud flats back to their homes.

MEC Chapter 21: Fire! 08.10.2021 15:11 ↓

Ralph and Grace watch a fire on the big river bridge and it turns into an idea of salvaging wood from the planking and blocks that got tumbled into the Mystic River.