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Students at Gingerbread Preschool

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Right: Students at Gingerbread Preschool celebrated Circus Day last week. Pictured are: Kevin Cory, Ensley Gibbs, Nora Mitchell, Kaden Bowling, Spencer Debo, Callen Gravitt, Melissa Tollett, Kadence Dickieson, Haley Allen, Baeya Jackson, Carper Self, Leedey Duncan, Kaybreigh Billy, Kyston Cox, Korbin Chumley, Kendall Day, Katie Faust, Kennedi Casella, Jaxtyn Taylor, Hudson Houchen, Miyahni Starlin, Avery Anderson, Kutter Wincehster. Rodeo clown Kevin Cory read a story and took the boys and girls on a fun train ride. They all dressed up, had delicious snacks and a day of fun games.
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‘A bleeding bottom lip is better than smelling skunky’

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We’ve all had to be around them. Usually, everyone has one or more in the family tree –– hopefully a good way away from your own particular branch. But even if you are fortunate enough to not be situated in close proximity to Cousin Crabby –– you probably still get the blowback from the family members who have no choice but to be around him. And you can easily tell who those unlucky ones are, by the dazed, disgruntled, and depressed haze that occasionally surrounds them.
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‘The runaway’

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Needing play-around money, as all teenagers do, three industrious farm boys decided to create their own hay-hauling crew one summer. So they made a plan. One boy would drive as another loaded the hay, while the third teen would stack it onto their borrowed truck.
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‘Stomp on the brakes before it’s too late’

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Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com Have any of you ever seen a time like our world is in lately? Some part or another of our planet has suffered through horrifying events in recent years. Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, enormous tornadoes, lightning ignited fires, devastating floods and droughts.