Body Some years, and quite a few Coffeetime Columns ago, we wrote an article called Hellion Alert. It was about Andy recounting a true incident of eating lunch in a restaurant where a small, undisciplined child was wreaking havoc while the mother ignored it all.

Body Are we, at last, in the final days of this great Pandemic? Some sources still run on about fresh outbreaks in scattered places, but the overall picture is good. Cases are declining. Each week hundreds of thousands are receiving their shots. Over.

Body Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com Every Easter there I would go, racing across the yard at my parents’ home. Trying to beat my little brother to all the brightly colored eggs that were hidden everywhere.

Body Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com Recently we had the opportunity to have lunch with a young newly married friend whom we haven’t seen in a few months.

Body Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com The little rural church always held its annual summer Bible School for kids. Each mid-morning, loud and boisterous honyocks were let outside for a few minutes for snacks and exercise.

Body This is not original but certainly worth revisiting. No nursing home for me! I’ll be checking into a MARRIOTT! With the average cost for nursing home care being $275 per day, there is a better way when we get old and too feeble.

Body WW2 POWs in Oklahoma It was a little strange to me that bright day in 1943, but there it was — Germans working on the highway right in front of our store. I ran to bring Gerald so he could share in my discovery.

Body I always like Paul Harvey’s “Rest of the story.” It was usually very thought provoking and usually true, though many would disagree. Try this one on for size.

Body Finishing Strong in the Family In his book, Finishing Strong: Going the Distance for Your Family, author Steve Farrar tells the story of John Coulter.

Body My baby sister, Paula Dunlap, and I have many things in common, the most notable of which is her daughter, Jessica Dunlap, and Jessica’s 11-year-old manchild, Preston.