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How Coastal Air Shapes Outdoor Home Choices

Living near the Mississippi Gulf Coast comes with daily reminders of what makes the area special. Long Beach residents get warm breezes and relaxing, shaded places to gather outside. Many homes also reflect the relaxed pace that makes coastal living feel different from life farther inland. At the same time, the same environment that makes…

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CoffeeTime: “WHEN SOMEONE LIES TO YOU”

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com       A person lied, absolutely no doubt about it. Carefully thought it out, then purposely and deviously worded their misleading statement to you or a group. Usually, they have a definite motive, and protecting people is  rarely their purpose. Usually, their reason is rooted in self-protection or self-promotion. “If…

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CoffeeTime: “THE VIEW FROM UP TOP”

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com     Little Judy was full to the brim with questions for her daddy. She was watching the city’s annual July 4th parade for the very first time, and the marching bands, the prancing horses, the enormous floats and the gaily decorated convertibles carrying the town dignitaries were absolutely fascinating. She…

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CoffeeTime: “THE OLD GOAT”

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com     The elderly president had been with the company for so many years that no employee there could remember a time he wasn’t slumped over his desk, muttering about the ineptness of the younger generation. It was true, he was extremely knowledgeable of the company and all it provided for…

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CoffeeTime: “THINGS GET BROKEN AND THAT CAN BE GOOD”

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com     Absolutely nobody I’ve ever known loves to go to see the doctor. In fact, we usually put up with pain until it becomes pretty unbearable, and only then do we begrudgingly drag ourself to visit that dreaded human being. And whether it is only a forty-eight-hour recovery by using…

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Coffeetime: “That ain’t no barn!”

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com     Six-year-old Darren was on a first-time visit to the farm. His Pappa had arranged for him to get to see a part of this world that Darren never even knew existed. A real live working farm with all the corrals, fields, outbuildings and animals that a farm needs. Including…

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CoffeeTime: “Free fireworks display”

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com         Fireworks at home on the fourth of July?  Almost a given in a large percentage of American homes on that day. If you think that getting fireworks from your local roadside seller is just too expensive? Well, they are nothing compared to the real home-made variety –…

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CoffeeTime: JUST WHAT EXACTLY IS A ‘NORMAL’ LIFE?

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com     The longer I live, talking and being with people, the more I realize that there is no one-way-only-lifestyle that is completely normal. For instance, my present lifestyle seems absolutely normal to me. But President Trump probably feels the same way about his lifestyle. So does the grandmother who is…

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What Excavation Teaches Us About Earth Science

When most people see excavation, they picture machines and a hole that seems to get bigger each time they drive by. On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, though, this work also lets us see the ground that holds up our roads and buildings. Looking closer at what excavation teaches us about earth science can make a…

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CoffeeTime: Location, Location, Location

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com     Think you have found your absolutely perfect dream home? Better make certain that amazing home you’ve found isn’t situated near the local garbage dump. Even a 4500 square foot house, equipped with solid gold fixtures, with its own 18 hole golf course and a piano shaped pool off the…

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