April Coker, Author

Author: aencoker

  • Teacher Tuesday: Cool Coolness

    It is a rare thing indeed to sit outside on a west-facing porch on an early August evening in Texas without breaking a sweat.  I can’t believe I just enjoyed having Lucy the cat walk across my lap while I enjoyed a bowl of Goldenbrook Farms Praline Pecan ice cream outdoors in August!   But…

  • Meaningless Drivel Monday: An inspiration house

    A couple of weeks ago I found myself house- and dog-sitting for my son Matt and his wife Taylor. They have two adorable dogs–a little black pug named Brodie, and a spunky little black miniature Schnauzer named Bailey.  I love my “granddogs,” as I call them, and they love me!  They were excited when I…

  • Wedded Life Wednesday: If Once is Good, Twice Must Be Better?

    If you have been keeping up with my blog, you may remember that I did some house and dog sitting for my son and daughter-in-law recently.  Each time they left town, they had evening flights to their destinations on Thursday, which is the day that I work at the flag shop, selling flags and wrapping…

  • Meaningless Drivel Monday: How My Brother-in-Law and I Got Hitched Without Knowing It

    Huh-what?  Yep, I married my brother-in-law without even knowing t, and he didn’t know it, either.  It had to be the easiest and cheapest wedding ever, because there was no wedding at all, no dress, no attendants, no church, no cake, no preacher.  It just happened! Seven years ago, actually.  We joke about it now,…

  • Meaningless Drivel Monday: Hula Hoops and Gift Wrap

    What do hula hoops and gift wrap have in common?  Nothing. Or so I thought. Enter a sweet older man hauling a purple hula hoop and a professional jump rope into the flag and gift-wrapping shop where I work one day a week.  It’s called “Festival of Flags and Gift Wrapping,” although during the Christmas…