It's April Fools Day! Doesn't it seem like the past few years have been one big prank? For me and other authors, opportunities to mix with the public have been slim to none with COVID-19 restrictions. But, that's ok, life…
This fall I had a very unsettling experience which occurred just a few weeks prior to the release of my new book Heart of Community. I'd like to mention the book was a work in progress for three to four…
Saturday, October 6th at the Bel Air Armory, Bel Air, MD from 9pm to 2pm support your local authors and artists! Every one of the vendors has their own story about the art they so enjoy creating, so chat it…
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven..." ~ Ecclesiastes 3:1 Appreciate fall in all it's glorious splendor because winter will be upon us before we know it. Heart of Community, Book #2 in…
"Small towns with big hearts give me hope that Sunday mornings will always be sacred and special." ~ Sue Batton Leonard The temperatures are dropping, even in the mid-Atlantic States! And with fall, you know what that means -…
(Photo: Chalk Art photo captured by Sue Leonard from the sidewalks of Homestead Neighborhood children) Good Morning! And a good Friday it is! Today, I am excited to share with you the back and front cover of my new publication,…
Once the work of writing and publishing a book is done, then an author faces the real road of uncertainty. It's a bit scary, kind of like having "butterflies" in the stomach. Yet it is an exhilarating tension in putting…
Our friends, Miss Eunice and Miss Mildred from Sew the Heart have been up to something! When the story ended, Moxie's life was still a bit frayed around the edges. The three left us with their unfinished business. You know…
Sunday Noon in the Garden: "Bloom from Within" Decoupage Journal Cover and Photo © Sue Batton Leonard Site Location of Photo: Ladew Topiary Gardens Happy Sunday, Everyone! When I moved to my new place of residence one of the first…
"Our children no longer learn how to read the great book of nature from their own direct experience." -Wendell Berry Sad as it is, in this fast paced world of technology Wendell Berry's statement is hard to argue with. Ever the…