My little grandson who is still in utero was honored on Saturday night with a baby shower. Friends of Sarah and Gregorio’s gathered at their home for a “Sausage Fest.” Gregorio cooked lots of different types of sausages for the 40+ people who were there, most of whom were friends and coworkers. I had the…
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.
Sick
Well, it finally caught up with me. A relentless headache joined the deep cough and sent me straight to bed. This morning Ray and I got up and got ready for church then we both started coughing. He said, “People are going to be really happy to see us.” I thought of the collective germs…
Flash Memoir Repost: Afternoons with Mr. Morgan
Mr. Morgan was a retired Episcopal priest who lived a few houses up from my family on East 9th Street in my hometown of Bonham, Texas. He and his wife, Anna, must have been in their 70’s when I was young. They both had white hair, and they walked with the stoop that comes with…
Ojai with Luna
Ray and I needed to come up to Ojai today to do some work related to our estate business. We both are still coughing, but today was 65 degrees and beautiful up here. The best part was that we got to bring granddaughter Luna with us and she is also spending the night. This is…
Milk Toast
When I was growing up my dad made me milk toast when I was sick. This consisted of two slices of toasted Mrs. Baird’s bread torn up and placed in a big bowl, then covered with warm milk sweetened with sugar. One pat of butter went on top to add a little extra richness. Milk…
From Last Night: A Tickle in My Throat
Back in LA with a giant-sized cough and a case of post-holiday fatigue. Traveling 14 hours yesterday probably didn’t help much. This cough is no doubt abetted by all the sitting going to and returning from SLC within a four-day period. Oh, or the 36 degree house when we arrived there with a malfunctioning furnace….
Made It To Ojai
Ray and I are safely settled in the Airstream for the night after leaving Salt Lake City at 6:30 am Mountain time this morning. We arrived at 7:30 Pacific time, which is fourteen hours of driving. Yikes. The problem was that required 55 mile per hour speed limit in CA for all vehicles pulling a…
My Utah Family and a Birthday
Today is my nephew’s birthday. Jim is my sister’s son and is one of my favorite people in the world. Our families are very close since Ray and Jim became fast friends about ten minutes after we got married back in 1980. Jim turned 49 today. Hard to believe he is that old since I still…
SLC
Here in Salt Lake. Arrived to a house with a furnace that had malfunctioned. Thirty-six degrees in the house. A very kind repairman arrived and fixed it. We are now up to forty-six and Ray and I are in bed with a pile of covers on top. Hopefully the temperarure will keep climbing over the…
Las Vegas, Ojai and SLC
Our family and friends have headed back home and we are now enroute to Salt Lake City. We are following my nephew and his family to deliver furniture we sold them and to pick up a pick up truck for Sarah and Gregorio and a MGB for Ray. These vehicles belonged to my brother-in-law who…
20 Minutes a Day 