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. After the usual banter and light gossip about the lives of mutual friends, we asked about his life now that he had been a husband for a while.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. Coulter was a member of Lewis and Clark’s expedition who decided to remain in the Rockies because he wanted to hunt and trap in the wilderness.

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. As the oldest sibling, I have always been a little bossy; as the baby of the family, her gorgeous red hair, brown eyes, kind and gentle nature and a giving heart among many other attributes, have always made her special.

Some moms resist change One of the more popular expressions knocked around by people in my age group (OLD!!) is “used to be.” That is certainly true of our mothers, past and present. This little jewel was forwarded to me by the lovely and talented Starla Dawn Smith, who is celebrating her retirement as a music/ band teacher with Harrah Schools as a preneed specialists with us at Asa Smith Funeral Service She attributes the authorship to someone (something?) called I Might Be Funny.

I’m always amazed when someone mentions something that appears in this column. I know it’s nothing extraordinary, but the things that happen to me are so ordinary that most everyone (beyond a certain age) has experienced it.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com Several years ago, Andy contracted an illness that landed him in the isolation unit of our local hospital for two weeks. Visitors had to wear a mask, gown and gloves.