by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 17, 2015 | 1 true thing, memoir |
It was February of 1965. I was seven. My parents and I, and two of my sisters, had just piled into the station wagon that was parked in front of the church in Russellville, Kentucky, after my grandfather’s funeral. I was climbing over the seat into the way...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 16, 2015 | 1 true thing |
A year ago today, Cal and I took off for Paris. Child #4 was doing his fall semester in France–in Tours, the same place I had lived–and we were going to visit. If it were a year ago, he would still have a month to go. My love of France and all things...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 15, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I used to be a button collector. For one Christmas, I received a button-making machine. See that Davy Jones button? I made it. (Please excuse the Republican propaganda–I was young and heavily influenced by my parents.) ~ 365 true things about me why this daily...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 14, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I’m so sad about what happened in Paris. 129 people dead and 350 wounded. 129 people whose lives were cut short and who will be missed by the ones still here. What the terrorists have yet to figure out is that each time they strike, they make the rest of us...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 13, 2015 | 1 true thing |
When I was little, I was so scared of rain. I used to hide in the back of our coat closet at the first drop. Now I love rain, wind, storms. I’d rather have a gray day than a sunny one. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 12, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
My photos reveal my obsessions. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily practice
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 11, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
I’ve been in Provincetown since Saturday, trying to pick up some steam on my novel revision. But it’s not happening. I’ve worked on it every day–and the changes I’m making are good–but it’s all a big mess and I can’t get...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 10, 2015 | 1 true thing |
This slideshow requires JavaScript. I woke up with the sun today. My alarm was set to wake me at 6:15 with “Here Comes the Sun,” but a squawking seagull beat it out by a few minutes. Sunrise was set for 6:24 on this lovely gray November day. As it turns...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 9, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I’m still paying my State Bar dues (as inactive) so I won’t have to take the bar exam again on the off chance I might ever need to practice law. And it would only be a case of need. I never loved practicing law. I was good at it but never passionate about...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 8, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Another milestone in this daily practice–number 300. And a personal milestone too. I figured out something that’s been troubling me since I was eighteen. I had the idea that if something were real, it would last. That if something were real, I would stay...
