by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 20, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
I’ve been a little scattered this week. Still recovering and no energy, plus traveling home last night. So I just sat down at my desk to pause for a moment. To situate myself, I reread yesterday’s post. And my first thought was that what I wrote yesterday...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 19, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
I’ve mentioned that I prefer to write in front of a window, even better if that window faces the sea. Joyce Carol Oates wrote, There is surely some subtle connection between the vistas we face and the writing we accomplish, as a dream takes its mood and imagery...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 18, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
I prefer cozy to huge. I don’t need a lot of space. I prefer a free-standing cottage to a hotel room. I love the cottages at the top of this blog, but they’re closed at this time of the year, not to mention four miles away in Truro. Here’s a photo of...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 13, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
It’s seven on a Friday night, possibly the latest I’ve ever waited to come here. The reason: I’m sick. Just a cold with a bad cough, chills, body aches. But it’s the third time in nine weeks and this is the worst. I spent two hours at the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 11, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
I woke up to a frozen sea–outside–so I’m thinking no longer inside. I’m going to take it as a sign that the universe is with me. I’m in Provincetown where the temperatures for the last couple of days have been in the forties. Before I...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 1, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
When I used to study for exams, I would start with all my material spread out around me–books with underlinings and my binder or spiral notebook. Then I would review my underlinings and write down anything I needed to remember. Likely pages and pages. I would no...
