Leslie has led a charmed life. She grew up in a home in which education and music were cherished. She played the violin and dabbled at ballet and modern dance.
At 19 years of age, she left her home in N.Y.C. to enter the University of Chicago Medical School. Subsequent pediatric training in Boston and Washington D.C. was followed by her residence in St Louis where she met and married her beloved husband Bill.
After many years in academia in St Louis and Tucson, she retired from pediatrics and continues to edit a pediatric journal, read prodigiously, “tag” readings at the Poetry Center, and participate in LAH’s “friendly phone call” service and Writers Group.
Leslie and Bill have 3 children and 5 wonderful grandchildren.
Leslie’s Published Work:
2020:
2019:
- A Milagro
- A Tale of Two Coffee Tables
- All I Want for Christmas
- An Anniversary to Remember
- Brief . . . But Spectacular
- Lest We Forget
- Plaudits for a hometown newspaper
- Sally – In Memoriam
- The Best Birthday
- The Kindness of Strangers
- Timing is Everything
2018:
- As You Well Know
- Come Rain or Shine
- Did You Know?
- Happy New Year!
- Remembrance of Things Past
- Something New
- The Fourth of July
- The Gift that Keeps on Giving
2017:
- A Memorable Memorial Day Weekend
- Ah, Fall!
- All Played Out – Never!
- An Ode to – Public Libraries
- Botanical Gardens – Some Flowery Thoughts
- February 22nd
- I’m all writ out
- Like Mother, Like Daughter
- Memories of a Good Friend
- My Secret Garden
- Oreos to the Rescue
- Pastimes
- Small is Beautiful
- The [Not So] “Good Old Days”
- This Was the Week that . . . Wasn’t
2016:
- A Bird’s Eye View
- A Visit from a Small Planet
- Around the World in . . . 80 Ways
- Book Reviews
- Burnt Offerings
- Cook County Emergency Department
- Freebies are Fun
- Hospital Haiku
- July 4th!
- Lists
- Miracle on Longwood Avenue
- No April Fools
- Of Mark Twain and Me
- Spring Cleaning! – In Summer!
- The Best Thanksgiving Turkey Ever
- To England, With Love
- Too Much of a Good Thing
- Up the Down Staircase
- You Tube
2015:
- A Letter of Love
- A Sunday Outing
- A Very Special Weekend
- A Visit from a Small Planet
- Anniversary
- Arizona Gold
- Audio Books
- Book Reviews
- Bravery
- Dependence – Interdependence – Independence
- Finally . . .
- Grand Finale
- I Am Grateful
- July 4th!
- Miracles Really Do Happen
- Of Fudge and Fractures
- Of Giving and Forgiving
- of Tweets and Clouds . . . and all manner of things
- On hearing “Amahl and the Night Visitors”
- Pisces
- Random Thoughts and Wanderings
- S-A-L-E
- Silk Purses and Sows’ Ears
- Something New Under the Sun
- Talking Books
- Thanksgiving – Again
- The Grinch in Cyberspace
- The Lunar Eclipse
- Violin Concertos
2014:
- A Very Special Visit
- Books
- Christmas . . . In July
- Ebola
- February is a Special Month
- Five Days in August
- Grandchildren – again
- Grasses
- Handkerchiefs
- How Tucson Became Home
- It’s A Terrible Thing
- It’s So Easy
- July
- Maps
- Mobile Meals
- Mother’s Day 2014
- My Custom Auto Job
- New Year’s Resolutions
- Oh What a Beautiful Morning . . .
- Pain
- Stained Glass
- Swimming Pool Memories I
- Swimming Lessons, Part II
- Thanksgiving – 2014
- The Amaryllis
- “The Book”
- The Happiest Moment of My Life
- The Recorder
- The Times They Are A’Changing
- Valentine’s Day
- Vicki’s Request
- Zen Tangles
2013:
- Bartering
- Book Groups
- Books
- Childhood Memories
- Chinese Checkers
- Fathers
- February in Tucson
- Grandchildren
- Grandmother-Another Name for Love
- Greeting Cards
- Holidays
- Honesty IS the Best Policy
- Monsoons
- Movies
- My Grandfather
- My Turn
- (Not So) Little Black Box
- Notes from an Editor
- Open Letter to Jim K.
- Poetry
- Roses
- Sea Shells
- Smile
- Superstition
- The Cruelest Month
- There IS a Mouse in the House
- Thinking of Snow
- Thursday
- Zebras
2012:
- A Book Group
- Aunts
- Birthday Cakes to Remember
- Blue
- Brother
- Catalogs!
- December in Tucson
- Doctor in the House
- Friend
- Gratitude Takes Many Forms
- It’s Not in the Cards
- Life with Mother-Part II
- My Mother
- Notes From An NPR Junkie
- On Letters
- Please–and Thank You
- Puzzles
- The Telephone
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- Weeds are for Weeding;Books are for Reading
- What Is A Writing Group?
