by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 10, 2013 | journeys, obsession, place, provincetown, the day |
MY FAVORITE POST over the years is the one I wrote about the Days’ Cottages before I ever stayed in one of the cottages. The story below reminds me–a person who normally belabors decisions–that sometimes the truest way to the heart is the first thing...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 28, 2013 | details, obsession, place, provincetown, shapes |
What do you notice when you’re out...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 22, 2013 | first novels, place, reviews |
In Glaciers, the debut novel by Alexis M. Smith, published in 2012 by Tin House Books, Isabel repairs damaged books at the library, specializing in preservation and conservation. “She loves the smell of old things.” She collects postcards. She likes to...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 27, 2013 | accumulation, place |
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 8, 2013 | about the current writer, How We Spend Our Days, place, poetry |
In The Writing Life, Annie Dillard wrote, 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...
