About Me

“Let the moon teach you the art of being beautiful and lonely at the same time.”
Anand Thakur

Welcome to my blog. Grab yourself a warm cup of tea (or coffee) and make yourself comfortable.

My name is Leigh and I’ve been a blogger for a very long time. I love writing, art, and beautiful things, and enjoy sharing it with the world.

My blog has come a long way. It started off as a photography blog, then became a design and art blog, and later returned to photography. Somewhere along the way, I got hooked on reading. I’ve always been a reader, but in 2013, I was going through some difficult times, and reading helped me immensely. I began reviewing the books on Goodreads and have continued to do so ever since. Eventually, I started adding book reviews to this blog as well. I haven’t been very consistent with it, but I’m doing my best.

I still love crafting and scrapbooking and have added planning (bullet journaling) to my list of hobbies, but reading now consumes most of my time.

It was in 2008 that I joined WordPress and it’s been the longest blogging platform I’ve been with. Before that, I used a hosting company…can’t remember the name of the company but they probably don’t exist anymore. And, before that, it was Live Journal and Angelfire.

I started blogging as a way to deal with the stresses of undergraduate life. It was my sanctuary—my safe place to express myself. As time passed, it became a place to share my creativity and parts of my life.

Writing has been a passion of mine since I was twelve. I have a few old notebooks filled with stories tucked away somewhere in the basement. In my younger years, I mainly wrote fiction. My first full-length novel idea actually started during my last couple of years in high school. As life happened, I’ve had to set the story aside. Even then, I was able to write a few paragraphs here and there throughout the ups and downs of family life.

When I was in my graduate program, I finally completed that story as part of my capstone project. One day, I hope to publish it. In the meantime, I’ve published other stories under pen names. I currently have another blog where I share my writing. You can visit it here: The Writing Sparrow.

Please enjoy your stay and come back anytime.