April Coker, Author

Author: aencoker

  • AT HOME MONDAY: To the East Coast from a Southerner

    Today was not a good day for those on the East Coast of the U.S.A.  Tomorrow may be even worse farther inland.  Hurricane Sandy wobbled into our homeland today, and she did it with a vengeance.  Not only that, she chose the most heavily populated region of the country to make her appearance.  The cities…

  • RANDOM FRIDAY: Huh?

    “Did you say something?”  This question usually follows the exasperated look Jimmy gives me when I happen to glance up from my laptop or the TV.  That look usually means I didn’t hear what he had to say. “You never listen!”  he says.  Then he refuses to repeat himself even after I explain that I…

  • THRIFTY HUNTER THURSDAY: It’s still bow season. . .

    Going bow hunting at my sister’s place in Indiana . . .and I haven’t killed a thing.  I haven’t even SEEN a thing to shoot, except the coyote I saw last Saturday morning, but he was traveling so fast in pursuit of a squirrel I didn’t have a chance to grab my bow.  It was…

  • CHEAP WEDDING WEDNESDAY: And the countdown continues. . .

    There are only two and a half weeks left until my daughter’s wedding!  I’m trying not to panic, but when I look at my to-do list, my heart beats faster anyway.  I have checked off several things so far this week, so if I can keep up the momentum we should have no problem having…

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: More tales from the darkside. . .

    Just kidding. . .not really the darkside.  That phrase just has a ring to it, although some days in the classroom or school were dark for a lot of my students at different times.  For a young, inexperienced schoolteacher who was about as confident as a tightrope walker without a net, there were dark times…