by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 29, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!, Technology/Blogging
My cozy intown writer's hideaway, Nashville Public Library. Photo: ©LeisaHammett.com, taken with my Droid camera phone and happily doctored with Pixlr-o-matic app–my latest down-time joyful "rest" obsession. Until my senior year in college, a lap...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 27, 2012 | Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!
Good Morning, Gorgeous! And, hello again to another in my June (my birthday month) series on transforming our attitudes about aging. Early March, I attended a seminar honoring women and Dale Smith Thomas was the opening key note speaker. The first words from her lips...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 25, 2012 | Midlife and Beyond, Nature
Turning 60, says the iconic Cybil Shepherd, on Oprah, was a turning point. "You decide what's really important in your life. "Now that she's older, Cybill says her definition of real beauty has changed. 'If we don't work to develop that depth...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 21, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
As I’m writing this, I’m sitting in the dentist’s office waiting room. Grace, my teen daughter with autism, has been called back. I’m listening to the mostly unintelligible moans turned screams of an elementary school-aged boy, who, at the glance I stole when he...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 20, 2012 | Nature, Travel
Hello, Summer. Welcome, old friend. I have a love-hate relationship with you. Summer, I realize I need you. I need you to remind me to slow down. You issued your luxurious reminder to me with gleefulness the first Monday after my daughter returned from her annual...
