abby frucht’s maids

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 20, 2020 | reading, reviews, shapes, stories | 2 comments

I was born in 1957, the oldest of what would turn out to be five of us, and my mother needed help. In those days, she referred to Fanny as a maid. These days, I use the word housekeeper. But in the way that household help often is, Fanny was so much more. My favorite...

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by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 25, 2019 | about the current writer, stories | 0 comments

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 that one, is what we are doing. A schedule...

the next writer in the series: august 1, 2019

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 27, 2019 | about the current writer, craft of writing, memoir, novels, stories, Writing by Writers | 0 comments

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 that one, is what we are doing. A schedule...

the next writer in the series: may 1, 2019

by robert | Apr 25, 2019 | about the current writer, stories | 0 comments

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 that one, is what we are doing. A schedule...

the next writer in the series: october 1, 2018

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 24, 2018 | about the current writer, novels, stories | 0 comments

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 that one, is what we are doing. A schedule...

the next writer in the series: july 1, 2018

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 27, 2018 | about the current writer, stories | 8 comments

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 that one, is what we are doing. A schedule...