by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 24, 2009 | obsession |
There’s something about the wash hanging outside a window that pulls me toward it–almost like the feeling I have for row houses. “The task of finding your key images is lifework,” Georgia Heard wrote. Oddly, though, with the wash, it’s...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 22, 2009 | catching moments, Dani Shapiro, journeys, place |
“Travel brings out my need for order.” Picturing the Wreck by Dani Shapiro Boarding passes, passports, confirmations. Scarves, coats, coffees, carry-ons. Phones, laptops, ipods, kindles. Chargers, adapters, converters. And then there are the liquids...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 19, 2009 | Dani Shapiro, journeys, place |
From Le Sirenuse, a hotel in Positano, Italy, that, in the dark green leather stationary folder, includes a bookmark. Imagine that. In a place as beautiful as this, that tiny nudge to pick up a book and read. Only after I take in the bookmark do I move to its quote...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 15, 2009 | catching moments, journeys, place |
“I’m so busy scribbling and crossing out I almost miss … More and more the moments come to me: how much can the right word do?” from “The Notebook” by Mary Oliver House of...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 12, 2009 | journeys, place, the day |
“Welcome to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, Daniel.” “When a library disappears, or a bookshop closes down, when a book is consigned to oblivion, those of us who know this place, its guardians, make sure that it gets here. In this place, books no...
