by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 9, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Autism/Disability, Obama/Politics, Travel
Straight up interstate 65 about three hours north in Kentucky, my companion and I rang in the New Year in the land of Mitch McConnell. Ha. It may also become the congressional homeland of Ashley Judd. Ahem. The highlight of our trip to the quaint, southern-charmed...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 2, 2013 | Art, Travel
Our travels took us from Nashville to family gatherings in Greenville, South Carolina, a quick trip up to North Carolina on Christmas Eve and then back to Greenville. I left Grace with my sister the day after Christmas and drove back to Nashville for a couple of days...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 31, 2012 | Art, Nashville!, Nature, Spirituality
Go ahead. Take your long, sultry, sweltering days of summer. Not me. Give me the blank canvas of a winter landscape. A gray sky challenging my heart's eyes to see her glory. Barren arms of trees, absent their dress, fallen to earth; germinating, awaiting new life....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 25, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
Photo by Bill Bangham; art by Grace Walker Goad; graphic design by Kylie Beck. Cover, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Discovery Newsletter, Fall, 2012 issue on Autism Therapies for Adolescents.
by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 13, 2012 | Art, Nashville!, Nature, Spirituality
We did a double take at one another in the vitamin section of Wild Oats. It had been more than a decade since I'd seen Dawn Kirk. She sported long gray hair. She'd become a hippie and went to great lengths to let me know how much she'd changed. For years...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 4, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability
Washington Times: Autism Providess a Different View Through the Camera "Brian studied a tree, his face unmoving in concentration. "He brought a small camera to his eye. One press of a button, lush green leaves captured. The camera returned to his...
