Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org. This week we celebrate Veterans’ Day and it brought to mind a trip I took with my Dad years ago.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com It’s coming around again. The holiday that one person can dread like the pit of hell itself, but another family member anticipates and salivates for the previous three hundred and sixty-four days before it arrives.

Sunday a week ago, was a day that I will never forget…I was among the many that attended the 100 Anniversary of the Holdenville Church of the Nazarene. Over the years I have been privileged to attend some incredible church services, but this one is at the top of the list.

There is a lot of advice out there for pregnant women. Helpful hints abound on everything from beauty tips to healthy eating to safety. One organization issued an alert that pregnant women should avoid close contact with sheep during lambing season.

I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 60 years later. I don’t have to go to school or work. I get an allowance every month. I have my own pad. I don’t have a curfew. I have a driver’s license and my own car.

Scott and Debbie are married friends of mine who raised three boys and a girl. One of their boys, Caleb, had was always saying funny things. One time Scott got a call from Debbie at his office telling him he should switch on the television to watch news about the Presidential prayer breakfast.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com Most everyone want to see themselves as good at working, thinking, and being lovable. But, let’s face it.

Here’s a warning all the way from the Big Lake region in Reagan County (West) TX from publisher Randy Mankin who ran into any number of frustrations while shopping for a new vehicle. My solution to the problem is simple.

Covid perils are still holding forth. But just not so bad now as perhaps a week or two ago. And will it reload and again assert itself as the big news story of our time and be the killer it has been. I hope not. This Covid has terrorized the world long enough. Well, long enough for me.

When I was a teenager someone recommended I read The Disciplined Life, by Dr. Richard Shelly Taylor. I picked up the book and eye-balled the Table of Contents: Chapter 1, Discipline, the Key to Power; Chapter 2, Discipline, the Mark of Maturity.