Comments for Cynthia Newberry Martin

Comment on How We Spend Our Days: Maureen Aitken by Cynthia Newberry Martin

Cynthia Newberry Martin — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:33:21 +0000

***Apologies, Beth, the website is having a glitch. This comment is from Maureen!

Beth,

This note brought me to tears. It is such an honor to see you are reading the book slowly, and with your niece. I hope it stirs good conversations. And I know your spiritual sensibility is offering a unique perspective.

Thank you, Beth.

Much love,

Maureen

Comment on How We Spend Our Days: Maureen Aitken by Beth McElhone

Beth McElhone — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:48:53 +0000

My dear Maureen,
I love your writing so very much….in the midst of preparing for this Saturday’s funeral I found your words (again) moving me to tears with the way you do your wordsmithing. Thank you, you always move me! In other news, I bought two copies of The Patron Saint of Lost Girls – one for myself and one for my niece. We are reading them together (but apart – she’s in Mason, MI) and enjoying them. I love the memories your story brings me of my teen and twenties….just thought you should know! I am not reading it quickly (as I usually devour books) but reading a bit at a time so I can enjoy it longer! You better write another book soon, my friend!

Comment on How We Spend Our Days: Maureen Aitken by Maureen T Aitken

Maureen T Aitken — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:40:01 +0000

In reply to beth. Beth, Thank you for such an insightful and meaningful post. Ann Arbor is such a beautiful place and I am glad you have a home there and that you love visiting the Eastern Market and other parts of the city.

Comment on How We Spend Our Days: Maureen Aitken by beth

beth — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 22:29:05 +0000

this is so wonderful and it restores my hope in the printed word. how great that the book fair had so many people attending.

after reading that you were feeling the ontario smoke, i guessed that you were a fellow michigander. i live in ann arbor, grew up in the suburbs north of detroit and when i came to ann arbor for grad school at age 40 it felt like i had finally found my real home. i went to wayne state for my undergrad and i love visiting the city. eastern market is a treasure and i’m so happy that people are finally returning to detroit, it has so much life, and i always discover something new –

Comment on How We Spend Our Days: Maureen Aitken by Maureen T Aitken

Maureen T Aitken — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:45:17 +0000

In reply to Sawnie Morris. Dear Sawnie, How great to hear from you. I'm so glad you liked it. You've made my day.

Comment on spring street: 323/365 by Cynthia Newberry Martin

Cynthia Newberry Martin — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:33:42 +0000

In reply to Katherine Graves Springfield. Hey Katherine, I remember Mrs. Smith. What year were you in 7th grade? Thanks so much for adding to the story here.

Comment on How We Spend Our Days: Maureen Aitken by Sawnie Morris

Sawnie Morris — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:33:40 +0000

I love everything about this piece, the writing inside the writing, the generosity of spirit, the story of a day and the homage to reading. I read this first thing in waking, still in bed after a wild storm if a night, and it’s made my day already. Thank you!

Comment on spring street: 323/365 by Katherine Graves Springfield

Katherine Graves Springfield — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:49:49 +0000

My sisters and I went to Spring Street. We lived in Techwood and then Ansley Park. We moved to Gainesville, FL when I was in 7th grade. I had Mrs. Smith, wife of Muggsey Smith, for my 7th grade teacher. I was friends with Teri Wilson, Clyde Maddox, Ralph Gerard, Tommy Brooks, Sally Brooks, Libba Miles, Karl Michel, Palmer MacIntire, Daphne Alston. I have great memories of Atlanta. My parents were Opal and Ray Graves. I had sisters Becky and Beth.

Comment on How We Spend Our Days: Tayyba Kanwal by Cynthia Newberry Martin

Cynthia Newberry Martin — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 01:52:15 +0000

In reply to KM Huber. Karen, it's so nice to hear from you again. I hope you're well.

Comment on How We Spend Our Days: Tayyba Kanwal by tayybamk

tayybamk — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 01:29:19 +0000

In reply to KM Huber.

KM – love to hear this! It’s like multiplying energies and a universe of possibilities that just gets richer, isn’t it? And hooray for audiobooks! Me too – all the reading that gets done while our hands our busy elsewhere. Thank you for sharing this.