Pennsylvania memorial service set May 9

For those who couldn't make it to the Houston service, Renee and family and friends are holding a memorial service for Leslie on Saturday, May 9, 2009, in Sharon, Pennsylvania, with a reception to follow in Hermitage. Details to follow.

One wish fulfilled...

I don't recall the circumstances in which Leslie expressed his desire--should he depart the temporal plane--to have some of his ashes dispensed with in this manner. But Renee assured me that he had specifically requested that she and I take his beloved convertible down one of Houston's (few) scenic roadways--Allen Parkway that runs out of downtown along the bayou, a road he drove almost daily for years--and toss some of his remains to the winds. On February 21, we fulfilled his wish. Speeding out of downtown on an intermittently rainy day, the top down (like he loved it), me driving, and Renee hanging from the window, we let go with a generous cloud of ash (thanks to the draft created by the car, we ended up wearing some of it). The gracelessness of it all would only have made him laugh harder. -- FREEBIRD