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CoffeeTime: “WAITING CAN BE DISASTROUS”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Would you knowingly hesitate to find shelter until you saw a huge tornado was only thirty feet from you? Would you wait until your three-year-old was bitten in the face by a rattlesnake, to finally take it away from him? How about your house mortgage? Would you carelessly refuse…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “WAITING CAN BE DISASTROUS”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Would you knowingly hesitate to find shelter until you saw a huge tornado was only thirty feet from you? Would you wait until your three-year-old was bitten in the face by a rattlesnake, to finally take it away from him? How about your house mortgage? Would you carelessly refuse…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: HOMING DEVICES
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Have you ever had the chance to watch quail in the evening when the sun is setting? Those tiny birds make it very clear; they want home. And home to them usually means gathering in a circle of other quail, with their heads toward each other and tails outward.…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “BENT SOCCER RULES”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Pappa and his two small great grandsons were having fun playing in the park on a gorgeous afternoon. Kicking around a soccer ball, they soon decided to start a game. Well, a loosely-termed version of the game of soccer. The kind of game that has very few boundaries or rules.…
Read MoreHow 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…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “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…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “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…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “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…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “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…
Read MoreCoffeetime: “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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