by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 28, 2015 | 1 true thing |
When I went away to college, I requested a single room. There was only one on each floor, and I got one of them. And then in the spring, after someone left, I moved in and had a roommate. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 27, 2015 | 1 true thing |
You may recognize the poet Muriel Rukeyser’s words: What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open. from “Kathe Kollwitz” Speed of Darkness This next excerpt comes from the same poem. Here Rukeyser is writing...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 26, 2015 | 1 true thing |
When I find a quote I like, I want to know not just who said it, but where it was said. Only knowing who said it seems as if I don’t care enough or haven’t invested enough to be able to truly enjoy it. Where did the words come from? What book or letter or...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 25, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Last year, in a post, I wrote about how judgmental I was–so judgmental that on a silent meditation walk at a spa I found myself judging the way the other people walked. OMG! The thing is, I’ve always judged myself just as harshly. I would imagine...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 24, 2015 | 1 true thing |
When I was eleven or twelve, my father said he would pay me $50 if I could swim a mile. On the last lap, as my fingers grabbed for the edge of the pool right beside his dress shoes, he said, “I’ll give you another $1 if you swim another length.” He...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 24, 2015 | about the current writer, memoir, 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 | Mar 23, 2015 | 1 true thing |
In The New York Times yesterday, the title of an essay caught my eye: “Writing My Way to a New Self.” In the essay, Hana Schank wrote about her two different selves–the one she was on paper and the one she was in person–Writing Me and Actual...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 22, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I don’t like. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily practice
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 21, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I don’t like conflict. I never have. I probably never will. Except…I remember my father saying I should be an attorney because I liked to argue. But I don’t remember liking to argue. Perhaps what he was referring to were my adolescent years–the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 20, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
I’ve been a little scattered this week. Still recovering and no energy, plus traveling home last night. So I just sat down at my desk to pause for a moment. To situate myself, I reread yesterday’s post. And my first thought was that what I wrote yesterday...
