Leslie Farnsworth

@lesliefarnsworth.com

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Aspiring novelist with one project in the revising and one in the planning, blog-keeper (which makes me retro), reader, ponderer, flaneuse, yoga person, goofball, friend. Blog: https://observingleslie.com Author site: https://lesliefarnsworth.com

Opaque-glass teacup with tea in it resting on a wood floor.
View across a large room with tables covered in books and people shopping.
Poster advertising a film retrospective of Joe Dante’s work with a screen capture from the movie “Gremlins” in the background.
Graffiti au pochoir qui dit : NOUS VOULONS VIVRE. // Stencil graffiti that reads : WE WANT TO LIVE.
Dress “exploding” with multicolored plastic “feathers.”
Written in lake stones along a low concrete barrier : Bonne année ❤️ 2026 ❤️ Santé
A glass case filled with necklaces, earring, bracelets, and watches that feature Haribo Gummi Bears.
View across a large lake with snow capped alpine mountains in the background.
A red-velvet cake with cream-cheese frosting on a cutting board with a note in icing that reads “Happy birthday, Leslie.”
Cartoon decal affixed to a concrete wall featuring a red fish-like character with a Swiss-flag cross on his torso and different Swiss-knife components coming out of his head and hands.
A row of trimmed hedges with a leafy bush behind them and an overhanging tree to the right.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The ultimate poverty is to fail to acknowledge your debts. For the material in this book and others to come, I am indebted to many people, some as close as my blood, some forever to be my enemies. I will never forget any of them.
Screenshot of a news headline that reads “Switzerland presents special toilet for cows to cut emissions”
A wall of box-style shelves displaying typewriters.
A wire shelf in a grocery store with stoppered bottles for sale advertised as "authentic glass."
Un poisson en papier avec du scotch et des dessins sur le trottoir.
Two women in conversation, seated on chairs on a stage.
A low table covered in a blanket with two lighted small holiday trees on top with tiny fuzzy ornaments.
A car parked on the side of the road that has been custom painted to look like a three-dimensional cartoon or anime car.
A clapboard sign on an urban sidewalk that actually reads "tutù pizza." The accent over the U makes it look like a D.
A hand holding a postcard with a partially colored-in line drawing of a branch with leaves and flowers.
Three ceramic sculptures lit from within on a ledge just inside a storefront window. The sculptures appear to be small gremlins or goblins.
A concrete knobbly hand (or possibly foot?) sculpture on a low concrete pedestal with a bike rack in the background.
A low, shrubby tree with two small children in its branches, visible only for their bright coats.
Hand holding a sixteen-month calendar featuring a photo of a stuffed llama and the headline "Llama with No Drama."
Paving stones on which one is written, "Pince?"
Cover of the novel The Night Guest by Hildur Knutsdottir, which has a wine glass with wine dribbling into it from above.
A woman and a man standing in front of a building with a sign reading Festival America on it.
Cover of The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman, showing a dark tunnel with the silhouette of a human figure toward the back.
A sign on a metal scaffolding that reads "shyness steals your life" and advertises "group classes for everybody" available at unshyness.com.
Sandwich board advertising a hunting-themed menu at a cafe.
A framed oval mirror etched with the words "everything will be taken away."
A sidewalk stencil-sprayed with graffiti reading "just a brand."
Two women talking, one seated at a table and the other standing.
An imposing stone church topped with a winged statue of the Christian Virgin Mary.
A small succulent on a wooden table. Several leaves look dead and a central portion has shot up like a rocket.
Three earthenware jars on a wooden shelf labeled, from left to right, brandy, hemlock, and gin.
Handwritten sign in a flower bed that reads “if you steal my flowers, a curse will follow you for all your days!”
A snail on a sidewalk, overhead view.
Temporary tent with a group of people playing steel drums and xylophones underneath it and a banner in front promoting the band’s website: octopan.ch
A large soccer field with numbered racks where triathletes leave their bikes for pickup after the swim course.
Car hood covered with feline paw prints.
Large lake with floating clusters of branches and plants. Alps in the background.
La couverture de PAPI MARIOLE de Benoît Philippon.
Wooden sign in the foreground headed by "Les Beaux Dimanches." In the background, a large amorphous sculpture spouting water from the top.
Large lake with sailboats in the foreground and alps in the background.
Winding pedestrian path between houses with overhanging vines and flowers.
A red cargo truck driving down a street with the words “BLT Transports” written on the side in white ink.
A wood frame around an indecipherable elephantine figure behind a chain-link construction fence on a green grassy hill with trees in the background
Man looking at his phone in a train station, two beer cans, a yogurt cup, and a disposable spoon in his arms.
A Japanese-style small ceramic teacup sitting on a wood floor. The teacup has a light gray glaze and a hand-painted branch with long leaves.
A chain-link fence with a black banner on it with a wooden structure under construction behind it.
Street with a garbage truck printed with a slogan in French that translates into English as follows: “I’m 100 percent electric, and you?”
A tray in a bakery with a piece of bread and unidentifiable consumable things on it and a baguette-style sandwich that must have something inside it. The label on the tray is “Américain thon,” which translates to “American tuna.”
A deal with a candle, lit. A water glass and bottle are behind it, as is a small green succulent plant.
A sandwich board on a sidewalk outside a cafe offering a series of items featuring asparagus.
An in-progress construction of wood planks behind a chain-link fence on a green hill with multicolored trees in the background.
Cover of the novel Blaze Me a Sun by Christoffer Carlsson.