My National Poetry Month celebration continues with C is for Lucille Clifton. Have you read "Homage to My Hips"? https://medium.com/@mirymom1/c-is-for-lucille-clifton-unapologetic-222870da46a9

Another poet in my alphabet of poets for National Poetry Month. Elizabeth Bishop! https://medium.com/@mirymom1/b-is-for-elizabeth-bishop-raw-heartbreak-b96e3b4482ce

It's April! (No Fooling!) which means it's also National Poetry Month. I'm posting an alphabet of poets this month highlighting poets who have mattered to me. Here's the first one: A is for Adrienne Rich: Passionate Skepticism https://medium.com/@mirymom1/a-is-for-adrienne-rich-passionate-skepticism-73c23ffc6478

Morning! How’s the view out your window today?

We're talking about our TBR lists for open book blog hop this week. Do you have yours planned out? Or are you more of a mood reader with a horde in store for a "rainy day"? #CoSoReaders https://samanthadunawaybryant.blogspot.com/2024/03/i-cant-wait-to-read-open-book-blog-hop.html

Book announcement! My latest short story publication is now available as an ebook or as paper. "Suburban Blight" asked, "What exactly is wrong with these trees?"

https://books2read.com/b/streetsoffire #CoSoWriters #CoSoReaders

So many daffodils on my walk yesterday. Do you have a favorite variety? #CoSoNature

My Retro double feature last night. I'd never seen or even heard of either film, but I'll be thinking about both for a while. #CoSoMovies

Nature’s first green is gold. . .

My writing room is finally complete! I started working on it in 2018, when my eldest kid went off to college. It started as a very pink and princessy little kid’s bedroom. But now it’s my writing oasis complete with luxurious rug and all my cozy stuff. #CoSoWriters

Small convention this weekend. I sold about a dozen books (which is not bad for such a small convention). But that really wasn’t the exciting part. It comes down to the interactions: the long conversations at the table and the curiosity and support for what I do. When I’m deciding where to put my marketing effort in writing, I suspect I don’t always make the right choices, or at least not the most profitable ones, but I get a lot out of going to conventions. They keep me going. #CoSoWriters

Spring is definitely poking her head put of the leaves around here. How about where you are?

#CoSoWriters I’m selling my horror stories at a horror film festival this weekend and it’s been such a great experience! I think I want more opportunities like this—where the focus isn’t on books, but books fit in. Anyone found good pairings like that?

Is there anything that gives a writer more endorphins than getting a box of their new book in the mail? One of those moments that takes this thing that mostly lives just in my own brain and makes it very very real. #CoSoWriters

I was a queen bee two days in a row, y’all! I feel so smart! Any other fans of this New York Times word game?

This is one of my favorite trees on one of my favorite walks and I was so happy to get out into the sunshine and visit her today. I love how there’s a growth that looks like a hand so that I can imagine this tree is a very tall woman just standing and looking out at the river. Maybe she’s an Ent.

Got some great advice with my morning coffee. The coffee was good too.

Pro-tip: if you're going to make a delicious one-pot dish that moves your pan from the stovetop to the oven, when you pull that sucker out, put an oven mitt on the handle so you don't burn the heck out of your hand when you forget that pan was in the oven and go to move it. On the upside: delish! https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021201-one-pot-japanese-curry-chicken-and-rice #CoSoCooking

I don't really care about
Valentines Day but I do love old-school, bad-pun Valentines cards So, in case you've not seen them, I'm gonna suggest you go look at Matthew Lineham's Valentine art and enjoy a good giggle. https://www.mlinehamart.com/product/classic-80s-movies-valentine-s-day-card-pack-2020

The moment between the rain and the darkness. Fog and frogsong. Perfection.