Treat Yourself to Simple Pleasures

Program 

We are commanded at every turn to pamper one’s self. Self-care, self-care; everywhere. The best definition of self-care is actually found by recognizing the simple pleasurers around us. You’ll discover self-care brings you comradery, support, wisdom, laughter, sympathy, empathy, and joy. You’ll come away after learning how to fold a little folder. Also, you’ll receive some pocket-sized lists of simple pleasures.

Treat yourself to some self-care on February 25.

About The Speaker

Leigh Owen is a connector. She is passionate about matching people with other people, organizations, and resources. She is a past president of the Federation of Houston Professional Women, Houston Focus on Concerns for Women, and the FHPW Educational Foundation. She served 20 years on the UH Friends of Women’s Studies board and is a zealous supporter the UH Rare Books Collections.

Leigh is a member of the Houston Book Arts Guild, Houston Calligraphy Guild, and the Houston Visual Journalers. She is a lifetime member of Women in the Visual and Literary Arts and chaired their advisory board. She loves collage, journals daily, and writes personal essays and haiku.

She is a new member of the Lady Washington chapter, the largest DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) chapter in the world. She is a new member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Her genealogy studies revealed that her great, great, great uncle William E. Summers fought and died at the Alamo.

A graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University, her first job was in book publishing and it became her lifelong career. Leigh has three decades of book publishing and marketing experience. She began by designing books and handling their printing for Gulf Publishing Company then focused on marketing books and educational training for Vickie Milazzo Institute.

Leigh and Tim, both native Texans, live in a brick bungalow in the Houston Heights. Avid birders, they love traveling Texas back roads. Their marriage has been celebrated together at the Menger Hotel in San Antonio for 44 years in an unbroken line.

Leigh is often told, “You know things!”