by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Dec 14, 2010 | accumulation, life, the day, time |
As a perfect follow-up to the photos I posted on Sunday, a friend gave me an early holiday gift today that now hangs on the door to my study: At this time of year, when the demands/desires of the holiday season are heaped on top of our already overflowing lives, all...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Dec 12, 2010 | accumulation, details, life, the day, time |
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Dec 8, 2010 | essays, memory |
A list makes me feel as if I’m in control of things. It’s a little summary of what I have to do. And if I can just get “it” on a list, it’s in line to be done. It will get done. On Sunday, in The New York Times Book Review, in the essay...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Dec 1, 2010 | How We Spend Our Days |
Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On the first of each month, Catching Days hosts a guest writer in the series, “How We Spend Our Days.” Today, please welcome writer Susanna Daniel: The problem with writing about a...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 30, 2010 | accumulation, journeys, mfa, time |
I dropped the last packet of the six-month semester into the FedEx box yesterday afternoon. After I fill out some end-of-the-semester forms, I will have completed the first year of my two-year program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. To celebrate I went to run in...
