by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 2, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, H2H, Our Book, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Spirituality
From a Facebook discussion on this "Journey with Grace" post: The Language of Loss: Putting Grief Into Words, featuring grief writing retreat leader/author Amy Lyles Wilson: "Grief is that which surpasses words…the deepest groans of our hearts....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 31, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Art
Photo: Two Ghouls, 2010. You shoulda seen how they looked at us @ roadside Pops BBQ & Convenience Mart–near small-town Pulaski, Tenn.–when I paid for our gasoline. Wink….Today, beware of any witch-hatted women drivin' round in...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 28, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!, Spirituality
October days in Nashville can be surprisingly toasty but forthcoming winter breezes whisk away the humidity. It was such a day nearly eight years ago. I stood in line at an author's booth at our city's annual beloved and acclaimed Southern Festival of Books. I...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 24, 2011 | Art, Motherhood, Nature, Technology/Blogging, Travel
How rude. Monday's here and Grace is back in school and Life dares to return to…"normal." Especially rude in that last week was our luscious fall break. It was my fourth fall break pilgrimage to Grayton Beach, the sweet little state-park-protected...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 22, 2011 | Art, Spirituality
A short and sweet post–at the near-conclusion of a lovely fall break here–for a new movie release that–at two hours–is anything but short and more like bittersweet, but very worth your making a trek to the theater. Star father-son actors,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 21, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Travel
GraceArt goes Soho. On Thurs., October 27, 2011, the art work of my daughter, Grace Goad, will be in a show at the Soho Digital Art Gallery. She is one of several artists with autism featured in the exhibit, "THE ART OF AUTISM, An Art Show Featuring Artists on...
