by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 18, 2009 | catching moments, journeys, Pam Houston, place, poetry |
It’s writing group week. At this time of the year, we’re at Pam Houston’s ranch in Creede, Colorado. There are nine of us here, two who couldn’t make it. Saturday night we arrived to a dinner of salmon, fresh corn on the cob and green beans,...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 14, 2009 | my writing, stories |
My story, “The Splitting Sound,” appears in the fall issue of Clapboard House. Here’s the first paragraph: Across the street, I leaned against the yellow rental car. The house was smaller than I remembered, but that’s what everyone always said. The...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 11, 2009 | poetry, the day |
In remembrance of September 11th, 2001, this poem by Judyth Hill: WAGE PEACE Wage peace with your breath. Breathe in firemen and rubble, breathe out whole buildings and flocks of red wing blackbirds. Breathe in terrorists and breathe out sleeping children and freshly...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 8, 2009 | accumulation, journeys, my writing |
It’s been a year. Yes, it has. To celebrate–we’re going to have music. Enjoy listening to the 10, 000 Maniacs as you read, and I’d like to thank Natalie for her congratulations at the end of the song! I’d been thinking about starting a...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 1, 2009 | Dani Shapiro, 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 DANI SHAPIRO: A I awake as I...
