by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 7, 2015 | 1 true thing |
History of the Rain by Niall Williams is a wonderful book I recently finished. It’s narrated by plain Ruth Swain, a bedridden nineteen-year-old who reads nineteenth-century novels and uses capitalization as one of her tools, overdoing it according to her...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 6, 2015 | 1 true thing, craft of writing, journeys, my writing |
When I sat down at my desk this morning, I realized I had forgotten to add a link to yesterday’s post on the 365-days page, and when I went to do that, it took me a minute to come up with the one true thing about that post. That’s how I knew I had not...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 5, 2015 | 1 true thing |
This morning I did something I don’t believe I would have done pre-365-days project. Last night I received a request for a remembrance of a particular person, which needed to be emailed by the end of the day today. I didn’t give it much thought. It was...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 4, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Just a few minutes ago, one of the regular cashiers at the grocery store asked me, “Are you always in a rush?” Today was, unusually, a day spent mostly out, rather than in–a walk and lunch with a friend, a haircut. But yes, two speeds: in a rush or...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 3, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I’ve written about how I’ve never kept a journal. But here’s what I didn’t think to mention until a few moments ago: I have bought, and have been given, many journals. I now have stacks of them that I love. All around my study. And...
