by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 24, 2017 | 60 to 60, Columbus GA, continuous life, Dani Shapiro, life, marriage, memory, mfa, Pam Houston, provincetown, time, truth |
2009: Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President. After a visit to Bobby in Scotland, Cal comes with me to Sirenland. It’s the only writing conference I know that is spouse friendly. In Italy we make a daily habit of climbing all those steps and then...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 22, 2017 | 60 to 60, Columbus GA, continuous life, life, marriage, memory, Pam Houston, provincetown, reading, time, truth |
So the music is back… 2007: Turning 50 gives me pause but not much. To celebrate, I want to go somewhere I’ve never been before. Cal and I plan a trip to a private island in Belize where we have a one-room villa with walls that can disappear to make it...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 21, 2017 | 60 to 60, Columbus GA, continuous life, life, marriage, memory, Pam Houston, provincetown, reading, time, truth |
For the past few years and for a few more to come, I don’t remember what music I was listening to, and I wonder why that is. I’m sure Dave Matthews still, and Jackson Browne always. James Taylor always. And the Eagles’ Hell Freezes Over....
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 11, 2016 | 1 true thing, poetry, provincetown |
Throughout the year, I’ve resisted thinking about the next day’s post so I wouldn’t scare stuff away. It’s what I have to do when I get really close to something writing fiction–under no circumstance do you think; stop thinking and just...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 10, 2016 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
It always feels like such a miracle when I’m on a plane for the first time after the holidays–to know that I’ve actually managed to emerge whole and intact from all that fun, but concentrated, togetherness. No matter how exhausted I am, it’s...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Dec 21, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
I don’t have to be one way or the other. I can like comfortable clothes and no makeup but every once in a while want to dress up. I can change my mind. I can make a mistake. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily...
