by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 8, 2013 | Columbus GA, craft of writing, essays, journeys |
The first week in the month is reserved for the writer in the How We Spend Our Days series, but September 4th marked the 5-year anniversary of Catching Days! So for the rest of this month, we’ll be celebrating. I’ll be posting more than usual, looking back...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 16, 2012 | Columbus GA, memoir, memory, place |
In Paul Auster’s latest, Winter Journal, written in the second person, he lists his 21 permanent addresses–or, acknowledging the inadequacy of the adjective, his stopping places. Enclosures, habitations, the small rooms and large rooms that have sheltered...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Dec 9, 2011 | catching moments, Columbus GA, poetry |
A week ago, I was so struck, as I came up over a hill, to actually be able to see the end of the storm–see it in the sky. At its source. Rather than notice the rain had stopped or it was getting lighter outside. Sometimes it’s easy to see the endings of...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 28, 2011 | Columbus GA |
Matisse wrote, “To paint an autumn landscape I will not try to remember what colors suit this season, I will be inspired only by the sensation that the season arouses in me: the icy purity of the sour blue sky will express the season just as well as the nuances...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 8, 2011 | accumulation, catching moments, Columbus GA |
Not sure which is my favorite season, but I have both fall and winter to look forward to, one right after the other. Last Friday morning, I opened the back door and felt cool air outside– 72 degrees in Columbus, Georgia....
