by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 30, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Around 1970 or so, we added on to our house, and I got to choose the wallpaper and the rug for my very small, but my very own, room. I chose blue and green and cream striped wallpaper and a blue and green shag rug. I had a trundle bed, a nice antique desk that’s...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 29, 2015 | 1 true thing |
In a trunk in the attic, I found these 7 things: 3 outfits my grandmother Lilli made me that I wore in high school, an autograph book from 6th grade, my last year at Spring Street Elementary School, the bag of buttons, a watch I bought in Switzerland when my...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 28, 2015 | 1 true thing |
One of my favorite things at the moment is Spotify’s Discover Weekly. Every Monday morning a new playlist magically appears–created especially for me based on what I listen to and what other people listen to who listen to the same music I do. If you...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 27, 2015 | 1 true thing |
At the moment, each day I’m trying to do these 4 things: work on my novel, work on the family photo project, get 10,000 steps, and write this post. Sometimes I don’t get it all done. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 26, 2015 | 1 true thing |
this day full of color and light family safely tucked in here and there friends sprinkled across the country the vision of artists and writers musical notes bountiful food health hope and this moment’s peace happy thanksgiving to each of you ~ 365 true things...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 25, 2015 | 1 true thing, memory |
On November 22, 1963, I was 6 years old. I would have said I was in kindergarten, but it was first grade. When the phone rang, I answered it in the small sitting room off the kitchen. I wasn’t much taller than the phone stand. After my great-aunt gave me the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 24, 2015 | 1 true thing, memory |
While I was Assistant to the President at Davidson College during the 1978-79 school year, one of my jobs was working with the Trustees. Dean Rusk, the former Secretary of State, was a Davidson graduate as well as a Trustee. At the time, I was also applying to law...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 24, 2015 | about the current writer, first novels, stories |
I have been looking into schedules. Even when we read physics, we inquire of each least particle, What then shall I do this morning? How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 23, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I was going to write a really good post tonight, but instead Cal and I are watching the third Hunger Games movie. Until tomorrow… ~ 365 true things about me why this daily...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 22, 2015 | 1 true thing |
~ 365 true things about me why this daily practice
