April Coker, Author

Author: aencoker

  • What’s the Glamper Been Up To?

    Miss Millie and I have been fortunate to get to go on two campouts so far this year.  The first one was in Glen Rose, Texas and the second one was in Goodrich, Texas.  About 60 of our group of ladies showed up at the March event, and about 30 to the April event.  I…

  • Random memories from the James House

    Here are some things I may or may not have mentioned in previous posts: Turtle soup. The neighbor kids once showed me and Allen a dead turtle and told us they were going to make turtle soup.  I couldn’t even imagine what that must be like, but I believed them.  Those kids scared me a bit.  I wondered…

  • It’s finally here! The Keeper . . .

    Jolie Sowell is not looking for love. As a young single mother with a toddler daughter and a full-time job as a night zookeeper, she barely has time to comb her hair, much less forge a relationship. After a shotgun marriage ended in divorce and left her with a baby, she just isn’t interested in…

  • More from the James House

    I think we still lived in the James house in Van when Mama decided to put me and my brother Allen in swimming lessons.  Sharon was too young, and Brenda hadn’t arrived yet.  There was a large round public pool at the park, which was adjacent to the city golf course.  I can still see…

  • The Tooth Fairy’s Dime

    I believe I was six when I lost my first tooth.  I don’t remember a lot about it except like the ones I lost after the first one, it became so loose I could twist it around in my mouth.  If that happened to me as an adult I would freak out.  I mean, your…