Some of my favs (and only some because frankly it would be a lot easier to list who I DON'T like)-----Hello Dave (you rock!!), Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, Zwan, Smashing Pumpkins, James Dewees, Alicia Keys, PRINCE!!!,Blue October,Jack Johnson,Iron and Wine,Sarah Bettens,Rachael Yamagata,Feist, AMY COOK, Kinnie Star, David Gray, Joseph Arthur,John Mayer, Dave Matthews, Regina Spektor,Corinne Bailey Rae, Jeff buckley (sniff), Dead Milkmen, The Ataris, Jose Feliciano, James, Justin Nozuka, Magneta lane, Sting, Panic at the disco, Francine Reed, Bill Withers, Jay Clifford, Cowboy Junkies, Tracy Chapman, A3, Tracy Bonham, Dashboard Confessional, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole...
All Audrey Hepburn, Bringing Up Baby, Something's Gotta Give, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, All Eddie Izzard stand up, The Horse Whisperer,So I Married An Axe Murderer, Anything that makes my kids laugh....and the best movie of all time, Glitter!! (kidding) Best movie line ever: "What does the lily mean? The lily means...the lily means, I dare you to love me."
Seriously too many to name...LOVE LOVE LOVE anything by Tennessee Williams, Lillian Hellman, Nora Ephron, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Philippa Gregory, STEPHEN KING (On Writing is a Bible to me), Celia Rivenbank, Sarah Waters, Edward Albee, Eat Pray Love, EDDIE IZZARD (OK, he's not a book, but he's one helluvah writer!),David Sedaris, Amy Sedaris, Truman Capote, Salinger, Joyce, Wendy Wasserstein, Jeff Lindsay, Lisa See, Anthony Bourdain, Shakespeare, James Frey,Elizabeth Berg, Sophie Kinsells(total guilty pleasure) and on and on and on...
Heroes
My children...they have made me whole and complete...my husband, my sister Steph-a-ninja!!, my parents, my grandparents...basically anyone who really tries and gives a damn...and anyone who can say "I'm sorry".
Leslie's Details
Status:
Married
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Hometown:
Liberty, MO
Zodiac Sign:
Libra
Children:
Proud parent
Occupation:
Wife, Mom, Writer
Leslie's Schools
Liberty High
Liberty,MO
Graduated: 1992
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Leslie ---Behind every word flows energy. The power of the word is real whether or not you are conscious of it. -Sonia Choquette Posted at 4:29 PM Mar 19 view more
About me: Just writing writing writing... and from that, what I've come to believe:--=---
""The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that's true of everyone, don't you? "" –Tennessee Williams-------
"Suddenly I realize that if I stepped out of my body I would break into blossom."
-James Wright------
"Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for." –Alice Walker-----
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
-Mark Twain-----
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go."
-Mary Oliver-----
Indeed! That is a bummer though! I just interviewed a gal for the paper who had a great line, "you're only a quitter if you quit!" Don't know if she thought of it or if she borrowed the quote from someone else but I will be passing it on and keeping it close to my consciousness at all times.
Had some personal stuff kind of dragging me down the last couple of days. Funny how the universe puts us in just the right situation to remind us to keep plugging along.
Hang in there and we will both celebrate our accomplishments in the not too distant future! All the best - Deb
Darn near there!!! We shoot the cover this coming Saturday and it will go to print the first part of April. Just can't hardly believe it is happening! What is new and exciting in your life?
thank you Leslie that means much more than words to me ... which song do you like ... on an other note ... to challenge the horrors of human trafficking through musical theatre and events ... we all need each others support as it feels sometimes like no one is listening to the screams of the innocent and helpless ...
Hello Lesile ...Lovely page you have here and thank you for supporting The Blood and the campaign against human trafficking ...if you have seen 'Taken' 2008 or 'Human Trafficking' 2005 you will see how desensitized the problem of sex slavery has become ... and how apathy is the enemy of those young girls who live in terror and brutality 24/7 ... it is one of the most serious horrors that humanity has to fight in the 21st century ... it is dehumanizing in the same systematic way of the holocaust ..
I hope you will stop by often. Love getting feedback.
Hi Les, Jason has been having chest pain this weekend on his left side, so I will feel much better once he goes to the dr. on Mon. Hope all is good on your end, tell everyone hi from me. Heard that you are getting settled in your K.C. house.When you have a chance could you please send me your address, so I can send you end of the year card from the christians. Love Erin
One of my mics broke during the interview I just did so you can only sort of hear me. It's the last straw though, I've been meaning to go digital and ditch the tape recorder... and now I will haha.
Don't miss Radio Golf, a play about a charismatic African-American politician running for mayor who must make a choice between his community's history and his own ambition.
How funny I was just loading the pictures and attempting to arrange them. I forward you some in the next day ok... How's Betty doing? LOL! Can you send me a copy of your play?
I know - isn't it wonderful!!!! The first time I heard that song was at my aunts funeral (she had only one daughter) and Ella was only 2 months old... Waterworks everywhere!!!!! I love that song soooooooooooo much!
Hi Leslie- we had such a great time up north. Thanks for all the wonderful experiences with you and the family. Tell everybody I said hi- especially that Lucy!!!
![The Robot 40 Podcast [ZVR interview up!!!]](http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/73/s_3d1c5d1ec27746bf8c18cf09201f2633.jpg)
