by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 6, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I don’t like clothes shopping. I’m good for an hour at most. After that I start getting nervous. But I’m sick of the clothes in my closet. And what has been happening the last few years: I like something in a store and buy it, but I don’t like...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 5, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I can’t do it all but here’s the stuff I would like to do today: change out my clothes finish updating my blog list finish visiting you all in your natural habitats catch up responding to all your lovely comments work on the revision of my novel because my...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 4, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I love trains–especially hearing one in the night in the distance, that faraway sound moving father away that means somebody is going somewhere. I love riding on trains and watching them go by. I never mind (anymore) being stopped by one on my way somewhere...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 3, 2015 | 1 true thing |
It’s difficult for me to give voice to a lot of things but wanting to sell this house is not one of them. Yesterday’s post will not have surprised anyone in our family. Having lived in one place for twenty-five years, there’s always something, and...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 2, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I bet I could read Katrina Kenison’s How We Spend Our Days essay every morning and take away something different. But what’s striking me at this moment is how she’s able to find beauty in the not-so-obvious things. It’s been a long time since I...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 1, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Today is my birthday! Yes, April Fool’s Day. Born fifty-eight years ago today in a snow storm in Rapid City, South Dakota, where my father was in the Air Force. 58, 58, 58–getting used to it. Thanks for all the wonderful comments of support and...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 1, 2015 | 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 Katrina Kenison. It begins just before first light,...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 31, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Sometimes I don’t know. Actually a good fifty percent of the time, taking into consideration my issues with math. Here’s the thing, in the last few days I haven’t wanted to write these posts, and I haven’t had a lot of free time to spend with...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 30, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I can’t carry a tune, and I have no real understanding of what singing on key means. In my next life I’d like to come back as a singer. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 29, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I tell you what, struggling a little bit here yesterday and today. I’m sure it won’t be the last time. We had a really fun weekend visiting our daughter’s family in Texas, where there are three adorable little ones! Add to that I’m still a...
