April Coker, Author

Category: Junkin’ and Thriftin’

  • Monday Mumblings: More of our Scampventure revealed!

    Have you ever seen the 1953 flick, “The Long, Long Trailer?”  I hadn’t either until my parents called one rainy Saturday to tell me that it was coming on TCM if I wanted to see it.  Since I had been working on my little camping trailer, they thought I might be interested.  It was a…

  • Monday Musings: Back from Scampin’! And two dreams realized. . .

    They say when you stop dreaming you stop living.  I can’t imagine not having a dream, not having some kind of goal ahead of me.  God help me if I get to the point where I can’t dream.  This past week I realized two long-held dreams of mine, or maybe even more! Dream 1:  My…

  • PreFall Friday: Rainy Day Thrifting

    It’s raining!  It seems like forever since it has just rained and rained without storms, high winds, damage.  My former student Doc Deason, who is now a weather forecaster for a local television station, came in to the flag shop this week.  It was good to see him, but naturally I had to mention that…

  • Mature Musings Monday: A Collector’s Realization

    I spent my 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s obtaining stuff.  First it was stuff for my apartment.  When I rented my first apartment I moved in with a bed, a hope chest, a drab bookshelf that leaned against the wall, and a laundry basket.  Thanks to Fingerhut, I was able to collect towels and cookware on…

  • Thrifty Thursday: The very definition of the word

    Lots of blogs and magazines these days talk about thriftiness and all its benefits.  Thrift stores abound, especially in big cities as people who choose shopping as recreation purge their homes of extra stuff and out-of-date decor.  But what exactly is thriftiness?  While thinking about how I was brought up by parents who each grew…