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Leslie P Garcia
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Born in Kansas City, Missouri, I hated the constant moves of my early childhood, which took me to California, Texas, and Georgia. I grew up mostly in Georgia, went to Texas, and then Nuevo Laredo, Mexico briefly before moving to Laredo, Texas. My strange adolescence--which at one point included 25 horses and ponies, an African lion and a decaying, haunted antebellum--gave me a lifetime of stories; I'm married and have four children, fodder for additional tales. Add to that grandkids, a great dane, the pit bull I swore never, ever to have, and a sometimes cat, and stories are there, whether or not the time to write presents itself day to day.
When people wonder why I write, I always secretly wonder why they don't. . .I can't remember not writing. What I say, though, is that I have always done it and can't help myself. That writers should read, that they should care. . .and that they must write. What else is there?
And, in seeking new avenues to write, I will always be profoundly grateful to Al Gore for inventing the internet, as it provides such myriad opportunities to express my thoughts.
Accomplishments: author of Love's Lasting Song,a romance, and has been published in McCall's, Cat Fancy, Touch, The Friend and other publications. She recently collaborated on Cooking by the Book, a virtual cookbook featuring "literary" cuisine, as well as Musings: Authors Do It Write, a book of essays about writers, writing, and life.
Garcia is a certified elementary and bilingual teacher (Texas),with a master's in English from Texas A&M International University. She has attended the NABE (National Association of Bilingual Educators) in Philadelphia, participated in a pilot Dual Language bilingual model program at her school, has presented to her district on the implementation of brain-based learning strategies, and created her school's writing lab, the first of its kind in her district at the elementary level.
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Books
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Short Stories
The Babylon Visits by Leslie P Garcia
Evil exists in the world...what to do when it comes?......
Normal People by Leslie P Garcia
The bank clock read 102 degrees. Of course, it always read that particular figure, from May on.
Julie Rosales wiped the back of her hand across her forehead and wondered why she wa...
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Poetry
Morning A La Carte by Leslie P Garcia
Revelations always follow on the heels of grandkids staying over! ...
Crosses and Life by Leslie P Garcia
Butterflies, crosses, an unexpected full moon...symbols are everything to do with religion or nothing to do with religion, but symbols are always to do with life....
Words With a Friend On Writing by Leslie P Garcia
New Years and Cynics by Leslie P Garcia
Loosely, loosely part of the New Year "triology"!...
Auld Lang Syne All Over Again by Leslie P Garcia
One of a New Year's "triology" I forgot I had....
A New Year's Toast by Leslie P Garcia
Texas Hill Country by Leslie P Garcia
What is or what was...seen through memory and over time, perceptions changes......
Broken Angel. . . by Leslie P Garcia
Broken child. The tears &nbs...
Skunk Summer by Leslie P Garcia
Summer by Leslie P Garcia
Shores by Leslie P Garcia
From the vaults of childhood...should I admit that?...
Forecast by Leslie P Garcia
Weather, life...what is, is. Usually....
Summer's End by Leslie P Garcia
Unwelcome contemplation...beginnings and endings...part of the human path always......
Home Party by Leslie P Garcia
...social resignation....
Surviving Rejection #3064 by Leslie P Garcia
Surving Rejection #3064...
Such easy ecstasy, such self-enlarging
Skill. The words came back,
“Not yet—but do send more,
Some time.”
Castl...
Flight by Leslie P Garcia
In unexpected flight, a butterfly
Punctuates my day.
Snared
Against a momentary screen,
Held
Against the darkness
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Martyrs by Leslie P Garcia
Martyrs. The world's streets
Are ittered
With dead and dying martyrs,
Those who had a cause
Or were told
They did.
But slaughter
...
love affairs by Leslie P Garcia
love affairs
as many and as varied
as seasons in or out of place. . .
ours
was South Texas summer
much thunder,
little rain.
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October 7th, 1985...The Cruise Ship by Leslie P Garcia
And so, again,
Silent nights, waiting
For the phone call that never comes,
Hoping
They won't really
Blow the damn thing up.
Pointless,...
Re: Your Affair by Leslie P Garcia
I won't be the one
To cut short
Your brief, abrupt attempt
At flight.
Fledglings foundering
On frozen ground--
Pathetic, pointless pride prevents
A safe return to nest...
If only... by Leslie P Garcia
If peace were always there, if one
Could always find
An August sun
That bronzes a summer's splendored world
And turns
Rivers to jade, and fears
To dormant things of winter's re...
Forever by Leslie P Garcia
Forever, The quiet days Lost in a wood Tied to the world Only By a river's dark cord. Forever, As eternities are meant to be-- Soft, held away From the harshnes...
To An Ex-Boss by Leslie P Garcia
Your impatient oath Foretells ...
But I Loved Silver by Leslie P Garcia
How to re-capture life?—it came On thunderous hooves, Burst through me, Impaling my soul When he smiled. Who was that masked man? (It was life, ma’am.)
Wraiths by Leslie P Garcia
As always the specters Of what once was,
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Articles
Faith, Carmela and Sarah Palin's Daughters by Leslie P Garcia
Why was Letterman SO wrong about Palin's girls?...
Wild Violets: A Review by Leslie P Garcia
Wild Violets by R.D. Pounds is a wonderful mix of memorable characters, intricate detail, and building suspense....
Snakes, Alive and Not by Leslie P Garcia
Snakes have tormented the human imagination forever...and some of us have been more tormented than others......
But If It IS Broke by Leslie P Garcia
A temporary "goodbye" to a good book...if I do say so myself....
Cadillac Cat by Leslie P Garcia
Now I know why they're called "pick 'em up" trucks...but have cats no conscience at all?...
An Absence of Honor by Leslie P Garcia
Honorable? I'm not. But honor is easy to recognize, and so is an absence of honor......
CUM TV by Leslie P Garcia
Don't worry. I'm just proposing some truth-in-advertising names for certain TV channels....
Go Directly to Jail, Paris by Leslie P Garcia
Poor little Paris. Someone give the girl a dictionary and let her look up "consequences." Most of us deal with them daily......
Butterflies Undo Me by Leslie P Garcia
Butterflies sweeping by on silent wings...who does not cry for Virginia Tech?...
The Insanity of Accommodation by Leslie P Garcia
Diversity and tolerance should be integral parts of the American fabric...but accommodation in the name of political gamemanship and correctness is shredding that fabric and abridging the rights of th...
Rodney Atkins, Pole-Dancing and Innocence by Leslie P Garcia
Rodney Atkins'song "Watching You" should put us all on notice: someone is watching. And that someone shouldn't be pole dancing. Are you listening, Britney?...
Gone by Leslie P Garcia
Montgomery Gentry's hit "Gone" should mention the loss of respect Troy Genry's "hunting" has garnered....
Year's End by Leslie P Garcia
They're all over, those video "tributes and disses" of 2004. So here's one in print......
A Nation of Test Takers? by Leslie P Garcia
Is testing in the name of "accountability" killing our kids' interest in school> Is it killing our teachers? Stopping the monster......
Abstracts and Absolutes by Leslie P Garcia
La Muerte is the Mexican incarnation of Death. . .for many years, the thin, mocking skeleton called my name. . ....
October's Twin Towers by Leslie P Garcia
October. . .haunting memories of lives left behind. . .and always, dreams. . ....
Another American Nightmare by Leslie P Garcia
Terror stalks the American psyche now as never before. . .thoughts on "another American nightmare."...
An Invitation to Parents and Educators by Leslie P Garcia
RioRendezvous invites educators and parents to express their concerns, catch up on trends and issues, and pass a few minutes in "Room#9."...
Faith: Baby Steps and Leaps by Leslie P Garcia
Faith...true faith...gives birth to miracles, large and small. We can't all believe...but we can all approach belief, whether with leaps or in small, unsure steps...
Websites, Weakness, and Life by Leslie P Garcia
Occasionally tongue-in-cheek explanation of how life, websites, and the world function--or don't--in their intertwined ways....
Lessons Unlearned: Tragedies in Waiting in Public Education by Leslie P Garcia
Lessons should be learned from great tragedies...have school shootings, incidents like Columbine, taught us nothing?...
Horses and Haute Couture by Leslie P Garcia
Just for fun--what horses have to do with the world of high fashion....
Why Janet Jackson Matters by Leslie P Garcia
Mountains or molehills? ...
World Series and World's End. . . by Leslie P Garcia
America's pasttime. . .but sometimes, baseball is more than a sport. . .and sometimes, memories of childhood sports are the ties tthat bind....
So Sue Me by Leslie P Garcia
Are lawsuits becoming the newest way to make a buck at someone else's expense?...
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News
Don't Rendezvous Right Now by Leslie P Garcia
For at least a while, I'm "siteless."...
Snakes and Snafus by Leslie P Garcia
I love my sister, but Amazon has it wrong, and I explained about my sister the snake freak, right?
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"Cats" Author Saddles Up by Leslie P Garcia
A well-brought up horse is safer and more enjoyable than a ruined horse...get Training Advice from an expert....
Garcia Announces New Release by Leslie P Garcia
African lions, stray cats, poetry and life--all topics touched on in The Cat Chronicles: Stories, Poems, Photos, and Essays About Cats and Life....
Cats Center Front at Cats&Company by Leslie P Garcia
RioRendezvous expands its "Critter Clips" to embrace cats--from the tiny to the regal....
RioRendezvous Offers RioMix, Reviews, More by Leslie P Garcia
Need a "hot" vacation in cyberspace? Temperatures down on the Rio Grande are at 106--so visit the easy way, by jumping over to RioRendezvous....
Free Cookbook Now Available by Leslie P Garcia
More than 24 authors, including Leslie P. Garcia , author of Love's Lasting Song is available online now....
Garcia Offers Guest Editorial At Writers Wall by Leslie P Garcia
Romance author Leslie P. Garcia guest editor at Writers Wall. "K.I.S.S. and Tell" offers insight into short story crafting....
RioRendezvous Offers Unique Perspective by Leslie P Garcia
RioRendezvous offers unique content to visitors, from editorial on current events to one-of-a-kind classroom incentives....
Mild Revelations Closing by Leslie P Garcia
The writers community Mild Revelations is closing due to consolidation of communities by iUniverse.com. Members and visitors are encouraged to join to RioRendezvous....
Musings: Authors Do It Write!-Free E-book by Leslie P Garcia
CB Writers Group announces their new collaboration, Musings: Authors Do It Write , to download or print, absolutely free....
WARNING by Leslie P Garcia
At least two works have been published to my page that I did not write. To anyone offended--as I was--I apologize and have contacted Authors Den....
Halloween, Assessment Up at RioRendezvous by Leslie P Garcia
Monsters and mayhem...not the subject, hopefully, of a look at public education. ...
Garcia Work Featured by Leslie P Garcia
Poetry by Leslie P. Garcia is currently featured at QuietPoly.com...
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Links
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RioRendezvous--a place to get together "down on the Rio Grande"--for educators, writers, animal lovers, heck--for anyone! Come on by!
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Dream Builders
A fledgling business opportunity site
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Writers Wall
Writers Wall is a useful, nurturing, and entertaining site for writers at all skill levels. Post work, comment, chat--I do! Check out the useful columns and meet writers from all over the world and from a variety of genres.
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Additional information
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| My first romance, Love's Lasting Song will give readers a glimpse into the border culture of deep South Texas. I have recently collaborated on a cookbook, Cooking By the Book, and an inspirational e-book, Musings: Authors Do It Write, that are presented free online as a gift to all readers. This cookbook presents foods and recipes directly from fictional and nonfictional works by a large and diverse group of writers. Musings offers insight into the writer's mind and soul. Both are free at RioRendezvous.Now available signed copies of Love's Lasting Song just click on the "Buy Direct" link for your signed copy. Also--interested educators and parents who feel "assessment" is undermining education--I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter. Somewhere out there is a solution. |
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Contact
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Diamond Hope Enterprises
Laredo
TX
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