April Coker, Author

Tag: Texas

  • Wrapping Up

    Dinner at Deacon Brodie’s Tavern was our last meal in Edinburgh. We went upstairs to order dinner, past the festive pub goers on the ground floor. It was pretty crowded, so we had to wait a bit to be seated. While waiting I went into the ladies loo (restroom) and got into a conversation with…

  • A New Book is Published!

    My latest novel, Murder, She Glamped, is now available on Amazon in e-book and print! A BEAUTIFUL TEXAS HILL COUNTRY RESORT. HER VINTAGE CAMPER AND DOG.A MONTH-LONG VACATION.WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? When Mamie West accepts the temporary job of managing Hayden’s Resort Campground office and store, she is excited. Not only will she be…

  • Why I’m Sad to See Winter Go

    Disclaimer:  I live in Texas where these are our seasons: 1) almost summer,  2) hotter than H-E-double-hockey-sticks, 3) still summer, and 4) a little cooler than summer.  Keep your snowballs to yourself.  They would just melt before they hit me anyway. Yes, I’m sad to say goodbye to Old Man Winter.  Spring is threatening everywhere…

  • The Little White House on Willow Branch Road

    My parents traded houses with my grandparents on my daddy’s side when I was four, which would be in 1963, so we moved from the big house to the little white house.  They decided to trade houses because the big house had more room, and then my two aunts and an uncle were still living…

  • 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…