by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 16, 2010 | details, journeys, mfa, the day, time |
Transitions sometimes take my breath away. Despite the fact that on Sunday I got up at 5:30 am mountain time to ease myself back into eastern standard, seven am still feels like five am. Vacation to Life. Suitcase to drawers. Behind to behind-er. Last week in...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 11, 2010 | craft of writing, Pam Houston |
Well, it’s Saturday, the last day the ten of us will be together at Pam Houston’s ranch in Creede, Colorado. Lots of reading and little extra time. Our next meeting will be seven days instead of six. I’m up early to finish reading manuscripts. Two...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 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 Louise W. Knight: Today I’m dealing with lists. I...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 30, 2010 | place |
At the beginning of summer, Ari Weinzweig wrote about Eudora Welty’s potato salad in the Atlantic. He did not list the ingredients as I do below; instead he wrote sentences about them. “As always, for me, the story behind the food is...
