I am sitting in a cabin on the banks of a river in Montana. I don’t know the name of the river (it is a tributary to the Clark), but I am near the tiny town of Paradise and if this place is any indicator of the little town, then I would say it is…
Category: Flash essay
A “Homey” Writing Workshop
I have recently decided to expand my teaching of writing to include small groups for adults (I teach primarily one-on-one and online); so I am offering a writing class in my home for the first time. This will span 5 weeks and will be for 1 1/2 hours every Wednesday from September 25 – October…
Thoughts on This story I’ve Been Writing
I am writing a first draft story that people are reading in its first draft form. This is good in that I get encouragement as I proceed; it’s not so good because I think of a new idea after the installment has gone out and I don’t quite know how to correct what I’ve just…
Does Media Make Us Happy?
I recently saw an article that said that Facebook causes people to feel less content because they tend to compare their lives to others. Along that same vein, I was helping a student tonight work on a paper based on a book whose premise is that Americans have shifted from family-centered to society-centered primarily through…
Web Problems and Miley Cyrus
I believe my blog posts have not been showing up for the past week on Facebook. I switched blog designs on WordPress and I suspect that this is the culprit. I did write my blogs on almost all the past 7 days, and they can be accessed at lenleatherwood.wordpress.com. I contemplated reposting them on Facebook,…
Writing Class I’m Offering In West Hollywood/Beverly Hills
This is a class I am offering in Beverly Hills. Please pass this along to any who might be interested. Much thanks, Len (Click on the image to enlarge)
Beauty, Girls and a New Measure?
A friend today wrote that her mother described her as handsome when she was growing up. This made it difficult for her to ever see herself as pretty and, in fact, she became skeptical of those who described her with that word, wondering if they didn’t perhaps have an ulterior motive. I am guessing that…
“Real” Beauty: The Truth
This morning a friend of mine sent a 3-minute YouTube video that was entitled, “Dove Real Beauty Sketches.” At the beginning of the video, we see a large loft space where there is a chair next to a curtain. A group of women have agreed to participate in the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty, but…
College Essays – A Chance to Grow
I started my day with a student who came to work on his college essays. He is an impressive young man with a 2290 (out of 2400) on his SATs so his options are great. He is applying to several Ivy League schools – including Harvard – and has much work to be done since…
Thank you, Edward!
A friend of mine in Texas, Edward Southerland, gave me a book when I was there a few weeks back. The gift was inspired, he said, from the reading he has done on my blog, which I will take as a compliment since I am always pleased to hear that people actually read my blog….
20 Minutes a Day 