by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 22, 2010 | All The Rest of Life, Obama/Politics, Spirituality, Travel
Photo: Mishelle Lane of “Secret Agent Mama.” There’s something about the southern psyche. Something I’ve been trying to catalog and comprehend for decades now. Our recent trip to Memphis reminded me of a sense of woundedness in these parts....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 15, 2010 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Technology/Blogging
Ironically, it's another sign of our digital times that I learned that Nashville proper's only remaining full-service bookstore, Davis-Kidd Booksellers, is closing–not from the print version of the Tennessean's front page but via the (social media)...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 25, 2010 | All The Rest of Life, Grief & Loss
Life is full of setbacks. Success is determined by how you handle setbacks. –quote source: lululemon athletica
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 11, 2010 | All The Rest of Life, Spirituality
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” –Archbishop Desmond Tutu Credits to organizer and blogger Tanna Clark of Complete Organizing Solutions who featured this quote in her...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Sep 22, 2010 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Nature, Technology/Blogging
They were medium in size. Their color odd. Burnt orange? (Husband 2.0, who helped craft this post, swears almost purplish plum.) By their oddity in hue, I knew them to be heirloom. Two of them Husband 2.0 brought in and placed upon our kitchen counter....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Sep 14, 2010 | All The Rest of Life, Art
Wrapping up the annual Americana Music Festival in Nashville last week, Husband 2.0 and I attended an early evening "Songwriters in the Round" at the famed Bluebird Cafe. Rising Americana star, Angela Easterling, my cousin, performed with some of the best...