by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 25, 2012 | Art, Nashville!, Travel
A dual shout out!: Herb Williams’ “Pink Slip,” made of Crayola crayons. 1) To the sisters for breast cancer awareness month, ’cause October is pink! 2) And, because the month is also ARTober ~ a celebration of Arts & Humanities....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 18, 2012 | Art, Travel
The last travelogue series post here on "The Journey with Grace" highlighted Chattanooga's exemplary urban development. Well, my hometown of Greenville, S.C., has bragging rights, too. My current home, Nashville, has it's own success story in...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 4, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!
"The only thing that remains the same is change!" My nurse practitioner, Sally, would cackle after she'd spout those too-true and sage words each time I'd visit her during my seemingly never-ending years of perimenopause. I've hit menopause now...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Sep 27, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Travel
One way to get to Athens, Tenn., where Grace had an art show in April at the McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, is to travel down I-24 from Nashville through Chattanooga town and then up toward Knoxville. Athens is somewhere out there in between. The first Sunday...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Sep 14, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!
Once upon a time, Grace, my daughter, may have been the youngest participant ever in the Mayor's Advisory Committee on Disabilities annual art show at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. We began submitting her art work to the annual show around age six, I think. And,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Sep 1, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!
Saturday, September 1, 12, 8:20 p.m.: STARBUCKS EXHIBIT POSTPONED: Well-uh, we arrived at Starbucks on Hillsboro Road in Green Hills on Saturday evening per our instructions for the hanging of GraceArt, only to see that they had double booked the space. The manager...
