by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 11, 2010 | catching moments, continuous life, life, place, time |
Among other places–and I’m trying to discover which ones–Ecole Champlain, the French camp in Vermont where I spent three summers–1970, 1971, 1972–is a place that now seems mysterious to me, as if it’s withholding secrets instead of...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 8, 2010 | details, journeys, mfa, obsession |
My second residency at the Vermont College of Fine Arts… Monday, 6/28/10: Up at 5:15 to fly from Columbus to Atlanta to Boston. I rent a car in Boston and drive 3 hours to Montpelier, arriving just in time for the last few minutes of the fifteen-minute...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 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 Tracy Winn: My idea of a...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 30, 2010 | craft of writing, mfa |
It’s difficult to believe it’s been six months, but here I am again and this time, no snow on the ground. Green grass, blue skies, and flowers blooming. 60 degrees right now with a projected high of 66. I arrived Monday afternoon and we started right in...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 28, 2010 | place, stories |
I just finished the third wonderful debut collection in as many months. Which I think is truly remarkable. As are the ten connected stories in Tracy Winn’s Mrs. Somebody Somebody, published in 2009 by SMU Press with Random House recently publishing the...
