A Woman of a Certain Age☘️☮️💟
@leslieesc.bsky.social
Artist, writer, lifelong progressive Californian. Retired public information officer and policy writer for a county government agency. Mostly kind but kickass when needed. Words have consequences, use them wisely. Please no DMs unless I like you.
My postage stamp Christmasy sitting room. All the toys under the tree are sentimental reminders of the ghosts of Christmas past. This year it will be solitary but I have my memories. ❤️🤍💚
December 2, 2025 at 7:34 AM
My postage stamp Christmasy sitting room. All the toys under the tree are sentimental reminders of the ghosts of Christmas past. This year it will be solitary but I have my memories. ❤️🤍💚
These cultists hate America. This is not patriotism. Nick Adams is a traitor.
December 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
These cultists hate America. This is not patriotism. Nick Adams is a traitor.
I used to make all my bows for decorating and packaging. Haven't for a long time but just made this one to top my little wall hanging. My Christmas cactus is exploding. Got her when she was just a wee thing. She never disappoints. Excuse the heart sculpture, a bit off kilter.
My front patio.
My front patio.
December 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I used to make all my bows for decorating and packaging. Haven't for a long time but just made this one to top my little wall hanging. My Christmas cactus is exploding. Got her when she was just a wee thing. She never disappoints. Excuse the heart sculpture, a bit off kilter.
My front patio.
My front patio.
An uncanny resemblance wouldn't you say?
December 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
An uncanny resemblance wouldn't you say?
A couple of my fantasy paintings.
Come Fly With Me and Finding Atlantis.
I'm more of an illustrator than a classy gallery style artist. But I'm being me and I like me.
Come Fly With Me and Finding Atlantis.
I'm more of an illustrator than a classy gallery style artist. But I'm being me and I like me.
November 30, 2025 at 5:56 AM
A couple of my fantasy paintings.
Come Fly With Me and Finding Atlantis.
I'm more of an illustrator than a classy gallery style artist. But I'm being me and I like me.
Come Fly With Me and Finding Atlantis.
I'm more of an illustrator than a classy gallery style artist. But I'm being me and I like me.
Finally. Burns are healed and painting done. Challenging project of distraction from all that goes with 2nd and 3rd degrees burns due to boiling water from neck to navel. A few boo boos but I think it turned out well. My fantasy library.
November 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Finally. Burns are healed and painting done. Challenging project of distraction from all that goes with 2nd and 3rd degrees burns due to boiling water from neck to navel. A few boo boos but I think it turned out well. My fantasy library.
Having spent the last 8 years alone on this day hold your loved ones close, show them gratitude & respect. Gratitude & love are action words. If you are solitary today by choice or circumstance know you are not alone.I understand & I care.Happy Thanksgiving.
"Freedom from Want" Norman Rockwell.
"Freedom from Want" Norman Rockwell.
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Having spent the last 8 years alone on this day hold your loved ones close, show them gratitude & respect. Gratitude & love are action words. If you are solitary today by choice or circumstance know you are not alone.I understand & I care.Happy Thanksgiving.
"Freedom from Want" Norman Rockwell.
"Freedom from Want" Norman Rockwell.
Could I have been anymore 60s? I wanted to be Lulu while all my friends wanted to be Twiggy.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=GUhJ...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=GUhJ...
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Could I have been anymore 60s? I wanted to be Lulu while all my friends wanted to be Twiggy.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=GUhJ...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=GUhJ...
started this massive PBN to distract from a traumatic burn injury I suffered 2 months ago.Being an artist I felt pathetic painting by number but as it turned out it has been the most challenging task I've ever attempted.Thousands upon thousands of spaces to paint, from minuscule to large. Then/now.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
started this massive PBN to distract from a traumatic burn injury I suffered 2 months ago.Being an artist I felt pathetic painting by number but as it turned out it has been the most challenging task I've ever attempted.Thousands upon thousands of spaces to paint, from minuscule to large. Then/now.
Alito. Of course.
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Alito. Of course.
A future self portrait of me and my great grandchild. Seems a bit imagination rather that reality. I'm a dreamer but not the only one.
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A future self portrait of me and my great grandchild. Seems a bit imagination rather that reality. I'm a dreamer but not the only one.
Heckling the POTUS during his SOTU speech. She is who she is and she's an opportunist liar slimy "politician". Ugh. No way she's changed. She read the teas leaves and decided to book.
November 22, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Heckling the POTUS during his SOTU speech. She is who she is and she's an opportunist liar slimy "politician". Ugh. No way she's changed. She read the teas leaves and decided to book.
Uhmm ok then. You first.
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Uhmm ok then. You first.
This mine. His name is Presley.
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This mine. His name is Presley.
Several of my fantasy self portraits, always alone and always dreaming.
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Several of my fantasy self portraits, always alone and always dreaming.
I wrote this in haste at 2:00am this morning. I apologize for the typos and photo quality. But it's legible.
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I wrote this in haste at 2:00am this morning. I apologize for the typos and photo quality. But it's legible.
Beautiful. My amateur catch of a reflection of Yosemite Falls in a puddle.
November 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Beautiful. My amateur catch of a reflection of Yosemite Falls in a puddle.
Uhmm. Mirror mirror... Sketched in 2015.
November 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Uhmm. Mirror mirror... Sketched in 2015.
One of the things that helped me through the traumatic
1,2,3 degrees burns on my torso in late Sept was color by number.My own creative juices & artistic mojo were completely fried (not being flip, no pun intended).I needed something creative but not mentally taxing. Voila.Good try, this is hard!
1,2,3 degrees burns on my torso in late Sept was color by number.My own creative juices & artistic mojo were completely fried (not being flip, no pun intended).I needed something creative but not mentally taxing. Voila.Good try, this is hard!
November 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
One of the things that helped me through the traumatic
1,2,3 degrees burns on my torso in late Sept was color by number.My own creative juices & artistic mojo were completely fried (not being flip, no pun intended).I needed something creative but not mentally taxing. Voila.Good try, this is hard!
1,2,3 degrees burns on my torso in late Sept was color by number.My own creative juices & artistic mojo were completely fried (not being flip, no pun intended).I needed something creative but not mentally taxing. Voila.Good try, this is hard!
I'm an artist. Ideation from my mind. I use brushes and real paint and a finished canvas that's all me. I despise digital art. It's just part of the move to destroy humanity with AI. Sketch and then give the brush to a robot. Pick a color and then sit back and take credit. More on AI soon.
October 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I'm an artist. Ideation from my mind. I use brushes and real paint and a finished canvas that's all me. I despise digital art. It's just part of the move to destroy humanity with AI. Sketch and then give the brush to a robot. Pick a color and then sit back and take credit. More on AI soon.
Olympus has fallen. Plot twist, the president is the perpetrator.
October 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Olympus has fallen. Plot twist, the president is the perpetrator.
Did... a resounding yes and here's my response from the CA SoS.
October 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Did... a resounding yes and here's my response from the CA SoS.
9/15/25 I was burned,2nd & 3rd degree by a boiling pot of homemade soup pouring down my chest & stomach. Intolerable pain. I dressed them twice a day for 10 days & once until today. Will be scaring. I needed something to divert my attention so👇 How it began, how it ended. Touchup needed. Very hard
October 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
9/15/25 I was burned,2nd & 3rd degree by a boiling pot of homemade soup pouring down my chest & stomach. Intolerable pain. I dressed them twice a day for 10 days & once until today. Will be scaring. I needed something to divert my attention so👇 How it began, how it ended. Touchup needed. Very hard
Quite apropos. My ballot for Prop 50 in California was received and counted. Voting to stop a mad "king" on No Kings Day. Let's do this California!
October 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Quite apropos. My ballot for Prop 50 in California was received and counted. Voting to stop a mad "king" on No Kings Day. Let's do this California!