by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 13, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
For me, it’s not egrets or bears or violets or moss. It’s the water. Any water–a lake, a fountain, the rain. Seeing it and hearing it. First choice used to be the ocean–the continuous roar with periodic crashings. But then I discovered the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 12, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Snow fills me with wonder. It allows me to look at the world as I did when I was a child. Just look. This slideshow requires JavaScript. Everything that we see in our daily life is more or less distorted by acquired habits… the artist…has to look at life...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 11, 2015 | 1 true thing |
List-maker. to do grocery today calls packing projects books I’ve read shakespeare to watch to read sometime songs tomorrow trips to fix to write ~ 365 true things about...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 10, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I’m so unbelievably happy that Joni Mitchell at age 71, which is unbelievable, looks exactly as I would have imagined she would look if I could have imagined it. Please go look at these 5 photos. This, folks, is 71. Yes, I’m aware it’s a magazine...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 9, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Making order out of disorder is one of my specialties. Cleaning up the kitchen, cleaning out a drawer. Give away, throw away, keep. Sorting. Give me a mess and I can organize it. I will see through it. It doesn’t overwhelm me. Okay, sometimes for a second it...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 8, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I am a woman with no middle ground. I’m up or I’m down. Let’s talk or leave me alone. I’m on a diet or eating whatever I want. I want to read literary fiction or watch trash TV. I’m in the south or the north. I like black or all the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 7, 2015 | 1 true thing, Writing by Writers |
I loved being in a writing group for 7 years. I loved getting my MFA. I believe in writing workshops–the craft, the community, sharing your work, learning from others’ work, the discussions, the inspiration. And oh, the places you’ll go. I’m on...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 6, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I’m all over the place this morning. So many things to do. I sit still and take a breath. I didn’t realize I was clenching my teeth. Now I can hear the birds outside my window and the clothes tumbling in the dryer. Truth: this is my third try at a post....
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 5, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Yesterday was a frustrating day in a lot of unimportant, ridiculous ways. By the end of it I was tired and my head full of the mundane, irritating details of life. But sitting here this morning, with the sun shining through the woods to my right, through a tangle of...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 4, 2015 | 1 true thing |
It’s rare that I sit still without a distraction. ~ 365 true things about me
