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.

Binge-Watching Admission

Okay, I have to admit it. Ray and I have started binge-watching the television show, Parenthood. We must have watched 5 episodes yesterday on our day off. That meant staying up to 12:30 am to watch “just one more.” The series which went from 2010 – 2015 is about the Braverman family, which is composed…

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Resting

Ray and I worked today, but not quite as hard as usual. After all the activity over the past while, it felt good to just relax a bit and do only what absolutely needed to be done. Holy Week alone could have prompted a need for rest. As an acolyte, I was only one of…

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Luna’s Second Birthday Party

Yesterday was granddaughter Luna’s 2nd birthday. She is still young enough that she didn’t quite register that all this attention was for her. Still, the whole event was fun and full of lovely people. Here are a few pictures of Luna’s Bash. Luna and Two of her Buddies Luna’s First Cousin, Daniel Luna’s Paternal Grandmother…

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Good Friday

Here is a painting from Caravaggio on the entombment of Jesus. Quite beautiful and a fitting meditation for today.

Maundy Thursday

I have just returned from church this evening. This is the beginning of the highest of holy times in the Christian world. Here is a painting I find inspiring to mediate on. Paolo Versonese – Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane

Flexibility…

I have just concluded one of those days that had about twenty different moving parts, ranging from packing up packages for eBay to communicating with my students for an online flash fiction class I’m teaching to having a big meeting with the contractor regarding a renovation project we are overseeing to having another meeting with…

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A Welcome Discovery Related to Writing

Today I worked on my novel. I have discovered an excellent way to get this done during the week when I often have trouble finding time for my writing. I have a writing friend – one of my former students who has since graduated from college with a writing degree – who comes every week…

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Satisfying Day

Well, tonight I am tired, but happy. We had a steady stream of customers today and sold, sold, sold. We were open to making deals and deals were made. We watched merchandise head off with new owners, which was our goal. Now, I am so tired I can barely keep my eyes open, but I…

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