by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 18, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Spirituality
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. —Henry Drummond This reflection is an excerpt from Peaceful Living: Daily Meditations for Living with...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 15, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!
Don't think I've mentioned it here yet this year: April is national Autism Awareness Month. So, except for the first two Monday posts this month, which continued the theme of aging parents-post my father's recent death, the lines between Art,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 13, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Obama/Politics
Olutoko by Kathy Tupper, one of 27 artists featured in the book: Stories of Hope in Recovery and the Healing Power of Art from the Creative Arts Project of the Middle Tennessee Mental Health and Substance Abuse Coalition. Find the book at Twist Gallery and Gallery F....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 11, 2011 | Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality
photo: net_efekt, which first appeared on this blog here. The early spring air was unkindly cool as I gingerly slogged across a soggy post-storm yard to the mail box. Trees, grass, flowers announced the turn from winter. A large black BMW pulled out of my...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 8, 2011 | Art, Nashville!
Must be my life-long checkered relationship with art and thus love of beautiful architecture that prompted my passion for Nashville's old Broadway main post office. It was the 80s. Fresh out of college, I'd hike it in heels from work to the grand lobby where...