by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 22, 2015 | 1 true thing |
One summer I ran the tennis courts at my high school. In college I worked as a waitress at a sandwich shop. The summer after I graduated I worked as a receptionist at my father’s company. The year after I graduated I was the first female Assistant to the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 21, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
The exterminator has already been here, I’ve got mail to go through, the grocery store, a growing list of errands that includes two Christmas returns, a suitcase to unpack, piles to organize. When I was in Provincetown I would come here first, often before I was...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 20, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
It’s a travel day. I’m headed home to Georgia from my writing week in Provincetown. And I enjoy these days. I adore airports. I like all the activity. It’s surprising that some people can get on a plane with only a small purse. I can’t imagine...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 19, 2015 | 1 true thing |
In the interest of the whole truth, I must follow my being rich in family with my equally strong need/desire for time to myself. I’ve always felt this. The summer I was a brand-new teen-ager, I set off to Vermont by myself for two months of camp. My last year as...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 18, 2015 | 1 true thing, memory |
On one of my birthdays, Lilli, my grandmother, wrote me a several-page letter (blue ink, a schoolteacher’s script) about the day I was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, her and my grandfather’s trip to see me, and our trip back to Georgia three weeks...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 17, 2015 | 1 true thing, essays |
One of the hands pushing me toward this new daily practice was Roxane Gay’s book of essays, Bad Feminist. I’ve been reading it slowly over the last six weeks, and I gave copies as Christmas gifts. I’m reading Roxane’s book on my Kindle. I know,...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 16, 2015 | 1 true thing |
~ 365 true things about me
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 15, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I’ve never kept a journal. BECAUSE I NEVER WANTED ANYONE TO FIND IT! Anyone. So basically this whole project scares me to death. You’d think I’d be worried about the dailiness of it, the commitment (and I can see how that could shape up to be a real...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 14, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Immediately after I published the post yesterday, I wondered what the rules were. Rules? Yes, rules. Like, alternating between a serious true thing and a non-serious true thing, or underlining the true thing in the post, or not writing posts ahead of time. No rules....
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 13, 2015 | 1 true thing, accumulation, journeys, life, provincetown, truth |
The last couple of years, I’ve been spending more time writing fiction and less time doing everything else–including showing up here and including taking time for myself. And I don’t mean manicures and massages. I’m a very private person. So...
