Today is my little brother’s birthday. Happy birthday, Sam! Here we are, still dancing after all these years. Wishing you the best upcoming year of your life Laugh hard Hug often Sing loud Know your big sister loves you.
Author: lenleatherwood
I am a native Texan who has lived for the past 30 years in Southern California. I am a published author of both short memoir and fiction, a two-time Pushcart nominee, a nationally award-winning writing coach, an editor, as well as a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Texas. In addition, I am the mother of three grown daughters of whom I am extremely proud, a grandmother of four darling children and the wife of a man I still love after 44 years.
Homemade Treats: Memories of Many Happy Halloweens
Halloween in Bonham, Texas, circa 1960. I remember well the trick or treating. Or rather, I remember the treats, particularly the homemade ones that were delicious. No fear of razor blades or glass embedded in the goodies. No indeed. The truth is the homemade treats were the ones I liked best. Take caramel apples, for…
Tried and True: Turkey Meatloaf Recipe
I made this meatloaf recipe yesterday and had forgotten just how good it is. This is one of the best recipes you’ll find for turkey meatloaf and normally I don’t like meatloaf of any kind. Simply delicious. We had this yesterday and today for lunch. Both days we had a green salad. Today, I also…
Repost: Lessons from Two Masters
I just finished helping a student finish his 10 page term paper on how Edith Wharton’s and Tennessee Williams’ lives inspired Ethan Frome and The Glass Menagerie. The truth is that both of their lives are right there on those pages, disguised as other people dealing with problems of guilt, abandonment, thwarted dreams and societal…
Seeing an “Old” Student After 5 Years
I saw one of my students today who I haven’t laid eyes on since he was twelve-years-old. He is now 17. The last time I saw him he was a lanky little boy with big feet and a shy smile; today I opened the door to a full grown young man with a beard. Wow….
Back to Work
My first student arrived at 2:30 today, my last one left 30 minutes ago at 10 pm. It is college essay time and that means back-to-back students. Plus, I have a few “regular” writing students tossed in, who need help with college term papers. I even have two plain ole kids who are coming just…
Short and Sweet
Back home. Worked. Tired. Happy. Replaying all that art, architecture and water in Chicago in my head. Lovely. More tomorrow.
Thanks, Chicago!
We are heading home early tomorrow morning so this will be very short, particularly since I have written this blog post twice and have lost it through technical difficulties both times. Ugh! Alas, all I need to say is that I have had a wonderful time for an entire week in Chicago and I can’t…
Chicago River Tour and the Art Institute
We spent an hour and a half this morning on the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s river cruise, and I must say that our docent was amazing and the view from the river of all the buildings was well worth the money spent. (Ray determined before we arrived in Chicago that joining the CAF would be very…
Chicago Architecture Tour
Ray and and I are in Chicago and we were very happy to discover that the annual Open House Chicago tour happen to coincide with our visit. This tour opens to the public many of Chicago’s most fabulous places for free. Yesterday we went to about fifteen buildings in downtown Chicago, and today we saw…
20 Minutes a Day 