April Coker, Author

Author: aencoker

  • Time to Wake Up, Boston Style!

    I like my naps.  Ask anybody in my family and they will agree.  When I was working and after my children were old enough not to need Mama’s supervision or transportation I would enjoy a nap every afternoon after work.     Afternoon naps refreshed me and let me stay up a little later, sometimes…

  • Thrift Store Scores!

    I have friends and relatives who would never darken the door of a thrift store.  Maybe it’s the dim lighting or the smells (I admit, sometimes the odors are NOT good), or maybe the clientele (myself not included, of course!).  They just don’t know what treasures they are missing! Look at what I found on…

  • 50 Plus Glam

    Fashion magazines and women’s magazines abound with beauty tips and routines for women.  Have you noticed that the women are almost always younger than 50, (okay, Ellen isn’t) and often airbrushed?   Where are the beauty tips for real women? Women who have a few sags and bags and wrinkles to show for their full…

  • Feeling the Love: Another Valentine Vignette

    I thought I was finished decorating for Valentine’s Day.  I mean, the kids are grown now, so I can’t say I’m doing it for them.  But my plain flat coffee table was bothering me.  With nothing to adorn it except an old vintage tapestry, it was becoming a dumping ground for newspapers and magazines and…

  • Getting the Booth Ready for Valentine Shoppers

    That title sounds a little presumptious, as if people are going to be flocking to Mary Lillian Vintage’s booth in Uniques & Antiques in Mineola, Texas to do their shopping for Valentine’s Day! Well, you never know. So I brought in a few things just in case. I made this rag garland with touches of…