by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 8, 2009 | accumulation, journeys, my writing |
It’s been a year. Yes, it has. To celebrate–we’re going to have music. Enjoy listening to the 10, 000 Maniacs as you read, and I’d like to thank Natalie for her congratulations at the end of the song! I’d been thinking about starting a...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 8, 2009 | catching moments, craft of writing, journeys, shapes |
Which leads to another…. For the last post, I was looking for a quote by Henri Matisse that I never found by the way about not needing to show the whole shape of something in order for the viewer to grasp what you’re creating. In fact, for the Barnes...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 20, 2009 | journeys, memoir, place, reviews |
It’s often what grabs us when we are very little that becomes our passion. We can remember the moment. For me, it was a morning in kindergarten. I must have been five. One of the kid’s mothers put on a puppet show–in French. I was smitten. I...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 18, 2009 | accumulation, journeys |
I have no trouble packing in a carry-on for a weekend trip, even a 3-day weekend. But until a few weeks ago, I’d never packed in a carry-on for a week-long trip. My husband suggested I try it. Well, I knew it could be done. I’d seen other people do it. I...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 13, 2009 | Columbus GA, journeys, Pam Houston, place |
It’s writing group week at Point Reyes, California–nine of us here (several in absentia) with Pam Houston. We arrived Thursday night at the Old Point Reyes Schoolhouse Compound for a dinner of fish stew. We come from all over the country–from...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 9, 2009 | catching moments, journeys, place, the day |
Last night around 10:15, I was driving into San Francisco and fireworks were going off across the bay. I got a little lost, but my gps saved me. Around eleven pm, I was crossing the Golden Gate Bridge. Amazing. Today, a gray day in Sausalito, I found a small,...
