"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…
Closing out chapters of our lives is both exhilarating and scary! I'm about to move away from a place where I spent eighteen years which included a very difficult period in my infancy and early childhood. Then, I moved away…
“Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.” ―Baltasar Gracian For two years I have been hearing people talk about Simon's famous Baltimore peach cake. It's made the classic way, yeast-based cake topped with fresh peaches like my Grandmother…
Have you ever taken a year to study a book? I'm about to wrap up this experience. I and a small learning circle of people from Mays Chapel United Methodist Church have been on a quest pondering the writings of…
Last fall I joined in on a book club at the Church of the Good Shepard in Ruxton, Maryland. I am grateful for this space where our members can meet and communicate about our joint interests. We have a thirst for…