Leslie’s birthday is in just a few days, so she has been on my mind. This is a repost of the remarks I made at her funeral back in March, 2012. Good afternoon. My name is Len Leatherwood and I am Leslie’s younger sister. On behalf of my entire family, I’d like to thank you…
Month: October 2014
Stumbling onto a New Blog Template
I have been fooling around with the look of my blog. I actually prefer the option I had before, but, of course, I can’t find that now. Oh well, a little change never hurt anybody, especially me, who is someone who can get a bit mired in the status quo. I don’t know if shifting…
Honey-Sweetened Pumpkin Muffin Recipe – Perfect for Fall
My daughter Liz shared this recipe with me a few days back. I have not tried it, but can already tell it’s going to be good. Pumpkin adds such a great flavor and I’m sure this is a perfect “fall” muffin. I am including the recipe below. I feel certain I’ll be baking this up…
Doing What Needs To Be Done
I have been organizing all my bills and billing today. A satisfying process. I decided I needed to make a list of all of our bills and include all the passwords to the websites so that if Ray ever needed to handle this stuff, he wouldn’t be completely lost. I do all the paying of…
The Nightmare of Car Shopping
Yesterday and today, we have been out car shopping with Liz since her car was totaled in an accident last week. Ugh. No, we do not have a new car sitting in the garage at Liz’s apartment tonight. We wish we had a new car there, we want to have a new car there, but,…
Flash Fiction: The Perfect Place To Be
The car was old, with big round chrome lights and a chrome grill. It was like a gangster car, black and sleek, and looked as if bad things could take place on the plush mohair seats and behind that big round steering wheel. She was glad he owned it. He with his blond hair slicked…
Peter’s House: Repainted, Staged and Ready to Sell
Here are the pictures of my friend Peter’s house, which we’ve been working on for the past couple of weeks. Our work has included clearing out the rooms of personal items, repainting several rooms, bringing in additional furniture and art that would highlight the features of the house, and landscaping the exterior to create a clean…
Honey-Sweetened Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
This is a great recipe that is tried and true. I made it the other day and the cake was scarfed up in no time. You can substitute sugar for the 1 1/3 cups of mild honey, but keep the 2/3 cup of honey at the beginning of the directions for sure. Delicious. Let me…
Car Wreck in Downtown LA
I am very grateful that my daughter Elizabeth is alive and well today after being involved in an auto accident yesterday in downtown LA. A young woman came out of a side street (with a stop sign) as Liz was driving down the road and wham! That was it. Luckily, the young woman is okay,…
20 Minutes a Day 