About

Who is Marsha Leigh? Leigh is my middle and my muse. Leigh makes me think of Gone with the Wind. 

Photo taken at my retirement lunch (Oct 2012)

One of my favorite Movies:

Veta Louise Simmons: I took a course in art last winter. I learnt the difference between a fine oil painting, and a mechanical thing, like a photograph. The photograph shows only the reality. The painting shows not only the reality, but the dream behind it. It’s our dreams, doctor, that carry us on. They separate us from the beasts. I wouldn’t want to go on living if I thought it was all just eating, and sleeping, and taking my clothes off, I mean putting them on…

from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play- Harvey

 

I love:
Painting with Mary Cassatt

or standing in the garden at Thornfield.

l write memoirs, personal essays, and movie blogs – I am a published writer, online and in print. My personality is a bit like Spanky from The Little Rascals so I’ll probably tell you what I think. I love humor added as a spice to everything. I love heavenly fragrances and film noir.  I’ve enjoyed over 37 live-stage musicals and/or Broadway plays (both coasts). I write, sing, (used to) play piano, and memorize “stand up”. I am obsessed with culture, Christian apologetics, photography, and digital art.

So far, I have traveled to 25 U.S. States and 10 countries. My most memorable destination: a Hong Kong border town just inside China where a bunch of little kids stood around as I made and then gave away Polaroid pictures of them. I wish now I had a photo proof of doing that. 

When gaming stores were more popular, while surfing Nintendo games, I occasionally freaked out 12-year-olds when overhearing them playing a demo. Me: whispering, “You can’t beat that boss… with that weapon.” Now, I’m a gamer logged into wifi 2 different platforms. On my PS5  or Switch, I fight pretty fierce so you might want me as an ally, and since I developed another skill while gaming, the part that speaks to my heart; I like healing people.

I hate ants in my kitchen.

I’m not afraid of cancer. I AM afraid of cancer treatment.

~ Marsha Leigh lives in Southern California – “Kind of” Retired, married, with one adult daughter -and one ragdoll cat.