by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 17, 2010 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Spirituality
The beautiful songs of Tammy Vice, devoted autism parent/advocate and talented singer/songwriter, always induce a tear or two from me. Of this song, above, she writes, "Th[is] song was originally written after Morgan had a meltdown. She wanted a...
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 | Nov 12, 2010 | Art, Autism/Disability
Art by Erin Brady Worsham, who has ALS and creates with the use of a computer sensor connected to her...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 8, 2010 | Art, Nature, Travel
The Motherlode–Grayton Beach Jewelry, Allison Craft Designs While our travel tastes can venture to the exotic, such as Latin American jungles, it's soothing to have a go-to place where we know what to expect and the living, err, vacationing is easy. While...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 5, 2010 | Art, Nature
"Radnor Morning," Mitch Mann This weekend, two things that make Nashville a great city connect: our parks and good art. The Chestnut Group is a non-profit alliance of landscape artists and friends dedicated to the conservation and preservation of vanishing...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 3, 2010 | Art, Autism/Disability, Spirituality
GraceArt, the artwork of my 16-year-old daughter, Grace Walker Goad, who has autism, is featured on the 2010 November cover–off the presses Monday–of The American Journal of Psychiatry. Three distinquished Vanderbilt Medical University faculty...
