Comments on: 2005: I turn 48 https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2017/03/2005-i-turn-48/ Catching Days Sun, 26 Mar 2017 18:52:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: Claire Guyton https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2017/03/2005-i-turn-48/#comment-8521 Sun, 26 Mar 2017 18:52:28 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=20740#comment-8521 In reply to cynthia.

Oh dear, I might have to take this challenge….

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2017/03/2005-i-turn-48/#comment-8520 Sun, 26 Mar 2017 17:49:15 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=20740#comment-8520 In reply to Terri.

I had forgotten that part, Terri. We had people who came to live in Columbus who were displaced by Katrina.

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2017/03/2005-i-turn-48/#comment-8519 Sun, 26 Mar 2017 17:46:43 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=20740#comment-8519 In reply to Claire Guyton.

Stonehenge does have an ancient vibe. It’s something to stand there beneath the massive stones and imagine prehistoric people creating this place. It feels mystical and sacred–as if in some way we are communicating with the people who lived all those thousands of years ago. Even Sam at age 11 was mesmerized.

16 relates to my ideal bookshelf. Here was the assignment: Select a small shelf of books that represent you–the books that have changed your life, that have made you who you are today, your favorite favorites. After I selected my books I counted them up–16. [https://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2013/04/22/my-ideal-bookshelf/]

]]> By: Terri https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2017/03/2005-i-turn-48/#comment-8518 Wed, 22 Mar 2017 03:23:50 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=20740#comment-8518 I remember having refugees from both hurricanes living here in Conway, AR for a while. My son played baseball in a league in Little Rock, and there was a refugee on his team. Such an interesting time.

]]> By: Claire Guyton https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2017/03/2005-i-turn-48/#comment-8517 Tue, 21 Mar 2017 02:07:21 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=20740#comment-8517 Pat and I dream of taking a sport vacation, tennis at Wimbledon and then golf’s British Open at St. Andrews. I think he’d worked in something else, but I can’t think what. Sometimes I envision a Jane Austen trip, touring country manors in a long dress, reading on a bench, observing roses. Really I just want those full-English breakfasts in the massive dining room, with Pat waving at me from the other end of the table.

I also feel I must see Stonehenge but then I wonder why–won’t I just go, Yup, that’s Stonehenge, all right–then be exactly the same person I was the few seconds before I saw it? It’s not like I’m going to be surprised by the angles, the balance…! Maybe I hope it will have an ancient vibe that will make me wise.

I remember when One Story came out, too. Such a wonderful idea.

Poor New Orleans. That footage rivaled scenes of 9/11. If Americans had memories longer than an inch, both of those events would have demanded genuine leadership, and we wouldn’t be where we are today. (Dismay is always one or two breaths away from me, these days.)

Top 16? Why 16?

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