by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 24, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
Windows fascinate me. Where they are, what they frame. Panes or no panes. I prefer panes, not surprising since I like to break things into smaller pieces. Some writers prefer a wall when they’re working, but not me. Windows open my brain to other worlds....
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 3, 2015 | 1 true thing, place, poetry, provincetown |
I was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. I went to college in Davidson, North Carolina, and then lived for a year in France. I went to law school in Athens, Georgia, worked for two years in Atlanta, then got married, and agreed to move...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 31, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
When my youngest child entered high school and I could see that in four short years I would no longer be tethered to this house and to the school year, for the first time since my early twenties, I began to think about what kind of life I wanted. Have I mentioned that...
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...
