little girl and monsters

Kids are so funny :)

Nikki Giovanni:

My beloved Professor, Nikki, gives an amazing reading of her tribute to those lost in the Virginia Tech tragedy. My love and prayers go out to my second family: the English Department and the rest of the Virginia Tech community!

Abbott and Costello - Who's On First

Classic humor...and no cursing! Imagine that!

Older Pictures of Friends

I'm posting these pictures so that you all can see some of the friends who make such a wonderful difference in my life...



Here is my beloved former roommate, Tiffany (left)! She is an amazing woman of God and one of my dearest friends! Behind us is a VT vs Miami football game...I conveniently forgot who won that game. We'll have to see what the future holds...Tiffany and I might even go into business together!! :)

Here is my dearest Hannah (pronounced Hah-nah, not Ha as in "hand"). She is beautiful in so many ways and I always cherish Hannah-hugs! :)

Here is my lovely friend Trusty...actually, her name is Patricia, but because that sounds so similar to Letisha and we didn't want to confuse ourselves, she calls me Letty and I call her Trusty. Don't ask me where I got that from...just decided it fit. :) Anyway, she's a lovely and dear friend.

Here is one of my sisters, Tiffany-Ahren, who is two years my senior. She's an amazing person and a wonderful sister, even though we used to fight like cats and dogs. She has a passion for wildlife, especially for birds, so I can almost always count on gaining the "nature" perspective on most things! :)












Here is one of my sweet childhood friends, Hollie. We played together as youngsters and reunited our friendship after college. I admire her for being such a strong woman despite circumstances. Joking and laughing with Hollie is the best because we both have loud, boistrous laughs!







And of course, I can't neglect one of my best friends, Maggie. This is a profile shot. She's so beautiful and snuggly and is always happy to see me, which makes me happy too! Yay for dogs!

Recent Pictures

Here is the cutest baby in my life right now! My nephew Quinlan, who will be celebrating his 1st birthday on July 15!! He's cute as a button, his giggle is contagious, and...(Drum roll) he's starting to walk!! :)


Here's another picture of my handsome little man! Okay, okay...so he's not mine...he's my brother's. Looks like a mischievous little smile to me!


Here is a recent picture of my niece Brittany, who is now in high school. Oh my goodness they grow up so fast! Ain't she beautiful?? :)




I've calculated your chance for survival, but you won't like it. This will all end in tears, I just know it. (I LOVE MARVIN!!!)

First Blog

Well, at least this blogger site has one of my favorite fonts: Georgia.

Hey everyone! Welcome to Pensive Rendering...my first blog site ever. I hope to produce some pretty cool stuff on here, so let me know if you have any ideas on topics you wish me to blog about. I'll let you know if I accept or not! :)

So, the name. Well, "pensive" is one of my top 10 favorite words in the English language. I know, you're probably thinking: how can you possibly have a top 10 list of favorite words?? WEIRD! Haha, well you might be surprised at what you can get words to do for you. Or for others. It's amazing. Anyway, I'm so often filled with creative ideas that usually don't get written or drawn or painted, but I can always describe myself to someone as pensive. Even when I'm not in the middle of one of my creative "spurts," I can still describe myself as because I am ALWAYS thinking about numerous things at once. Quite a busy mind, I assure you. No, you can't have it. It's mine. Besides, you wouldn't want it...most people would be driven crazy by 100 different thoughts entering their mind at the same time and all demanding equal attention until something is done about it! Needless to say, my mind keeps me from getting bored very often. Wow, that was quite a tangent. See? That's what happens with this pensive mind of mine.

Render is another of my favorite words, though I'll have to consider carefully whether or not I'd put it in my top 10. Render is important because a rendering is that which results from my pensive mind. In other words, anything I write, draw, paint, create, etc. is a rendering of my pensivity. (yes, I made up the word pensivity. copyright Letisha Beachy 2007. All rights reserved.)

That's the most basic definition I can give you, though it goes deeper than that for me personally. Feel FREE to leave me comments on my blogs, good or bad. I know and I'll be the first to admit that sometimes my writing really isn't that great. But sometimes, I hope, it is fabulous. remarkable. admirable. things like that. (by the way, if you're wondering why I put the word "free" in all caps...stay tuned! :) )