by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 19, 2015 | 1 true thing |
In Falling Through Space, Ellen Gilchrist wrote, We should get up one morning and take all our books and put them in a pile in the middle of the floor and start playing with them. I love playing with books–sitting on the floor in a library, in a bookstore, or in...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 18, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I have to think before I know which is my left or which is my right. There’s always a split second pause–where I connect the word right to my right arm–before I know which is which. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 17, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I’m not an emotional person, although I often get choked up watching commercials. Or movies. Or episodes of Parenthood. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 16, 2015 | 1 true thing, accumulation |
In direct contradiction with my tendency to save stuff, and/or because of it, I love getting rid of things and fantasize about a life with only the minimum. I imagine what the minimum would look like–seven of everything clothes-wise, ten books, one set of...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 15, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Yesterday was a travel day, and today I’m back home. When I first sat down at my desk, my mind felt too cluttered to start writing this… Having been gone a week, I felt the need to attend to small details (mail, a list for tomorrow and another for the week...
