Feels like time for a new pinned post explaining who the heck I am. So here we go:

I'm Samantha. I write. I seek small beauties in daily life. I walk. I read. I bake. I watch old movies.

I'm a "sunny side up, look on the bright side" girl who values comfortable shoes and pretty dresses with pockets.

Next up in my alphabet of poets: https://medium.com/@mirymom1/v-is-for-c%C3%A9sar-vallejo-the-personal-and-the-political-f23d13e158bf

April is coming to an end and so is my alphabet of poets for National Poetry Month today, I’m talking about Miguel de Unamuno. https://medium.com/@mirymom1/u-is-for-miguel-de-unamuno-quiet-passion-da35dca9f377

Celebrating the ninth birthday of my debut novel. It’s already been quite a journey! #CoSoWriters https://medium.com/we-paw-bloggers/happy-book-a-versary-to-me-34f3c5853490

Another oft-underestimated poet for my National Poetry Month alphabet of poets. https://medium.com/@mirymom1/t-is-for-sara-teasdale-timeless-universality-0ab4bbe60588

You ever feel like you owe an Author apology for misjudging them the first time you read them? I feel that way about Edna St. Vincent Millay. https://medium.com/@mirymom1/s-is-for-edna-st-vincent-millay-sincere-and-direct-149a17f609de

For my alphabet of poets for National Poetry Month I bring you R is for Robert Browning: Dramatic Monologue. https://medium.com/p/3210ffe60250

We’re up to the letter Q in my Alphabet Of Poets for National Poetry Month. Not having a lot of poets whose names start with Q in my personal list of favorites, I found Nizar Qabbani. https://medium.com/@mirymom1/q-is-for-nizar-qabbani-dramatic-declarations-of-love-3ca08797f566

In my Alphabet Of Poets P is for Edgar Allan Poe. I think I was around eight years old when I fell in love with him, or at least with his words. National Poetry Month https://medium.com/@mirymom1/p-is-for-edgar-allan-poe-macabre-magic-921b023acf6a

O is for Mary Oliver in my Alphabet Of Poets for National Poetry Month https://medium.com/@mirymom1/o-is-for-mary-oliver-soul-salve-1ff3cd1cf562

Pablo Neruda is charming in at least two languages. I first read him in Spanish, but he’s great in English translation as well. https://medium.com/@mirymom1/n-is-for-pablo-neruda-love-in-small-things-fcb150edd946

Michelle Boisseau was my teacher once upon a time. Today she’s part of my Alphabet Of Poets for National Poetry Month https://medium.com/@mirymom1/m-is-for-michelle-boisseau-mentor-0dae25155b4e

How was your weekend? My youngest child turned 17 this weekend so I am feeling every bit of my age. But at least they are an awesome person.

L is for Li-Young Lee: Lyrical Loneliness #NationalPoetryMonth #alphabetofpoets https://link.medium.com/Z5GjUoExLIb

Today’s poet for my National Poetry Month alphabet of poets is Maxine Kumin https://medium.com/@mirymom1/k-is-for-maxine-kumin-seeking-connnection-9d786874a2fd

Going classic for my alphabet of poets for national poetry month today with John Donne one of those poets I studied in school who really spoke to me. https://medium.com/@mirymom1/j-is-for-john-donne-spiritual-matters-de2ce42da9db

More alphabet of poets for National Poetry Month. It's always lovely to remind myself how much I love poetry and how it works on my brain and heart differently than other types of writing. Today I bring you I is for David Irwin: Nostalgia in Smells: https://medium.com/@mirymom1/i-is-for-david-irwin-nostalgia-in-smells-2eab7262943c

H is for Langston Hughes in my alphabet of poets for National Poetry Month. https://medium.com/@mirymom1/h-is-for-langston-hughes-america-singing-e9964f32539f

For national poetry month that collected an alphabet of poets. This Monday morning has brought to you by the letter G: https://medium.com/@mirymom1/g-is-for-louise-gl%C3%BCck-detached-subjectivity-320c1eb0a027

For my alphabet of poets for #nationalpoetrymonth up next is one of my longest standing poetic loves: E is for Emily Dickinson: Dwelling in Possibility https://link.medium.com/rVzS15BEyIb

Rita Dove is my letter "D" in my alphabet of poets for National Poetry Month. https://medium.com/@mirymom1/d-is-for-rita-dove-different-angles-b402e9055b7d