by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 14, 2015 | 1 true thing, journeys, provincetown |
Provincetown is where I started these posts, and by happenstance, that’s where I am at this halfway mark–nice symmetry, right? Life crafting itself. I had thought when this day came I would write what I’d learned so far, what I hope for the second... 
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 13, 2015 | 1 true thing |
When I turned 55, I said 43 years is enough. Done. No more diets. I no longer talked about them or thought about them. I threw out all the books. I ate whatever I wanted. Interestingly, for these last 3 1/2 years, whenever I stepped on the scale, my weight was always... 
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 12, 2015 | 1 true thing |
My mother used to say things like, “I bet you’re never going to have to wear a girdle.” That is, she used to say them up until the summer of 1969. That summer I was staying with my grandparents in Mobile, Alabama. I was twelve. It was the summer of... 
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 11, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
There’s nothing like Provincetown for a case of the blahs. As I step off the plane and breathe in the air, I move into a different gear. Life becomes being rather than doing. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily... 
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 10, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I had one of those days where I didn’t feel quite right. Nothing was wrong, but it was as if I were plodding through water. No energy. Hard to get anything done. Blah. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily... 
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 9, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Despite ten years of ballet, I’m a heavy walker. Think how bad it would have been without it, my mother is fond of saying. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily... 
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 8, 2015 | 1 true thing |
You probably thought I meant a dusting of sand or of sugar… But no, I meant as in, I don’t do it very often. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily... 
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 7, 2015 | 1 true thing |
A long, long time ago, I put the books in my study in alphabetical order, with a separate section for poetry and writing. Later I added a separate section for essays, and another for unread classics. Spurs began to shoot off. There’s the tower of unread books,... 
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 6, 2015 | 1 true thing |
When I took this photo of the clouds on June 25th, I couldn’t see the blades of the propeller. I knew they were there, but I couldn’t see them. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily... 
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 5, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Everyone was so nice on the airplane and in the airport this morning–the flight attendants, the women on the train making sure I had enough room, the guy with the skateboard, even the older woman who said, “keep moving.” I felt like I was in that...