Eliza Leggatt

writer

  • publish what you preach

    Imagine you are a publisher of a known and prominent family magazine with nearly endless potential readers. You know the type: weekly or monthly periodicals that lurk in the corners of restaurants, bars, grocery stores, parks, and other public places – most likely nationally syndicated yet somehow personalized according to each city — like this, […]

    lafemmeeliza

    February 19, 2016
    parenting, race in america, Uncategorized, writing
  • Pathetically…

    (As with most things mothering-related…) Here I am writing a blog post because none of my *almost/hopefully/soon-to-be* friends (moved here to H-Town a year ago, so I have almost 2 now – that’s good, right?) were available at the last minute to come to my place or the local ice-house/yuppie* wine-bar to listen to me […]

    lafemmeeliza

    October 29, 2015
    Uncategorized
  • Question Everything…Except Me

    I would love to know the secret magical cure that the nice mommies use to prevent the screaming threats and mimed profanities (what? You do it too) that send children running for cover when they hear the Angry Footsteps. There must be something they have that I don’t. (Aside from plenty of percoset. Which I […]

    lafemmeeliza

    October 8, 2015
    Uncategorized
  • How To Prevent Yourself From Writing

    #1. Create a deadline. #2. Start a blog.  Contemplate your first blog entry. #3. Stall out once you realize your first blog entry may define your entire blog, and, possibly, redefine the internet.  Collapse under the pressure. #4. Innocently download this game after you got a free iTunes download card from Starbucks (click at your own risk). #5. One […]

    lafemmeeliza

    July 15, 2014
    writing

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