by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 12, 2009 | accumulation, craft of writing, details, place |
I discovered Snoop by Sam Gosling in a note by @piscivorous on Facebook. Its subtitle is What Your Stuff Says About You. I was interested in this book not only for what it could tell me about how to portray fictional characters but also for what it could tell me about...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 10, 2009 | catching moments, poetry, shapes, the day |
This leaf, propped up like it is here on its stem and all by itself, was waiting for me when I opened the front door yesterday morning. Do you think it thought I wasn’t noticing? I moved it for a moment over by the pumpkin… Then I brought it inside where I...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 8, 2009 | reading |
Some of you may remember that on my first try with the Kindle, when I was reading F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night, it did not go well, and I switched to the physical book itself. My second try, using the Kindle to read Infinite Jest while I was...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 1, 2009 | 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 Sheri Reynolds: My cat wakes...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 29, 2009 | catching moments, Columbus GA, life, shapes, the day |
