April Coker, Author

Category: Life

  • Bad Weather is Good Weather

    Disclaimer:  Before you read this, please understand that no disrespect is intended toward those who have been adversely affected by bad weather, and I’m sure if I had lost possessions or people because of the weather I would have a different opinion.  In fact, I did lose a brother-in-law, niece, and nephew in an accident…

  • The Junk Gypsies and Me

    A little over a month ago I told you that I had been selected to be on the Junk Gypsy Book Launch Team.   I received a digital watermarked copy of their new book, Junk  Gypsy: Designing a Life at the Crossroads of Wonder & Wander by Amie and Jolie Sikes, published by Touchstone Books…

  • Junk Gypsy, a Book, and Me

    Ever heard of the Junk Gypsy Company?  Who hasn’t heard of these two beautiful sisters who turned their backs on college-degreed careers and made a life for themselves out of hunting, repurposing, and selling junk?  From selling their wares in a booth at First Monday Trade Days in Canton, Texas to hosting their own HGTV…

  • Time to hit the reset button. . .

    2015 fades into 2016.  If you believed what television tells you, everyone celebrates with parties, noisemakers, champagne, and midnight kisses.  I daresay most people do what I did–say goodnight and go to bed, trusting that the new year will arrive whether I “usher it in” or not.  After all, it has managed to do so…

  • Please forgive me, Neil. . .

    When I was working full-time, it always seemed that getting up and going on Tuesday was much harder than it was on Monday.  Maybe it was because the adrenaline required to get everybody to school and me back to work had run out by Tuesday?  I don’t know.  What I do know is that tomorrow…