by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 22, 2015 | 1 true thing, marriage |
When I was 20, I married my high school sweetheart. We graduated from college and went to live in France for a year, where I was teaching English at a lycee and he did some tutoring. I came home pregnant, started law school, and Kathleen was born over Christmas break....
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 21, 2015 | 1 true thing |
We used to leave my grandparents’ house in Mobile early in the morning to go to Dauphin Island. Lilli would make breakfast there on the beach. In this photo I’m the one lying on the ground. I’m 6 years old. My mother won’t be 30 for another...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 20, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I grew up wearing slips; I had a drawer full. Half slips, whole slips, all different lengths and colors. I recently bought a black dress that’s somewhat see-thru, and I asked the salesperson if I needed to wear a slip? It didn’t feel right not to....
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 19, 2015 | 1 true thing |
For years, I did not read the paper–any paper. Then in January of 2009 I decided I needed my horizons broadened. Now I read Sunday’s The New York Times. And I enjoy reading it. In February, the Sunday Book Review featured Anne Tyler in “By the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 18, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
This little grass lane is across the street from where I stay in Provincetown. I took the photo this morning while I was waiting for my taxi. It reminds me of Nantucket–we had two summer vacations there when the kids were little. There was also a grassy...
