April Coker, Author

Author: aencoker

  • Teacher Tuesday: Once upon a time. . .

    . . .a long time ago, a young woman finished college and ventured into the world of public education with a desire to change the world, one teenager at a time.  Like most college graduates, this young woman, ME, was anxious to secure a teaching job.  I was lucky that the high school who allowed…

  • AT HOME MONDAY. . .organizing those files. . .

    Though I pride myself on my organizational skills, it seems my kitchen counter mysteriously and spontaneously accumulates piles and piles of stuff.  Where does it COME from? (I have my suspicions.)   In an effort to corral the endless trail of papers, mail, keys, change, pens, pencils, I placed a pretty tray on the countertop.  Of…

  • "How are you enjoying retirement?"

    This is a question I have been asked several times since May, when I retired from 30 years of teaching public school.  I actually  left a couple of weeks early due to a surgery I had scheduled before school was out so I could use up the remainder of my state leave days.  No, I…

  • Does this girl have style or what?

    Age 12 and my niece has developed her own sense of style.  Over a pair of white bermuda shorts she wore a white tank under a tiered sundress and topped the whole ensemble with a white sweater.

  • Unexpected backyard splendor. . .

    I’ve never planted sunflower seeds.  One day my husband came in and said, “Did you know there is a sunflower growing under the arbor in the backyard?”  I peeked outside and lo, and behold, there it was–this magnificent giant sunflower in my backyard!  Like a “Good Morning” surprise from the Lord above. . .