Leiah BowdenFeb 18, 20212 minWhat If There's a Test?I am on the final day of my weekly three-day grand-daughter duty. We are sitting at her sweet white desk and she is showing me the...
Leiah BowdenFeb 15, 20213 minMaking Laws for This LandCreated as the February 12, 2021 drash, or sermon, for Congregation Ner Shalom. The image refers both to the idea of a hungry mob,...
Leiah BowdenAug 17, 20202 minJoy and Leaving the Harbor"It is never easy to relinquish the safe harbor.”
Leiah BowdenJul 22, 20203 minCherubHow absolutely astounding, she thought. Being an artist is confounding, and so lovely. Look what I’ve done, she thought,
Leiah BowdenJun 26, 20202 minAnd Then Everything Changedthe ravaging of this creek I learned to love as I walked for my health and joy is what COVID has done, destroying what was.
Leiah BowdenJul 5, 20193 minAlchemy at Work: The Golden YearsMy former husband, Lee, slowed down in every way by Parkinson’s Disease, lives in a nursing home where I visit him once a week, and...
Leiah BowdenJun 17, 20194 minI’ve Come into Four Trillion DollarsOr maybe that’s not enough. Maybe the affirmation should be: “I’ve come into enough money to solve all the world’s problems and establish...
Leiah BowdenMar 10, 20186 minIt was there all the time.I’ve begun a new venture: a part-time revival of the strategic communications consulting practice that helped send Seth to college while...