by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 15, 2010 | Art, Grief & Loss, Spirituality, Travel
HISS! HISS! HISS not at the acting, the direction, the plot of Elizabeth Gilbert's phenomenally best-selling memoir about her one-year spiritual-emotional quest to Italy, India and Indonesia. No. HISS! at the critics who are panning this film that review...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 15, 2010 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Travel
Photo: Port Orford, Ore., three months into our relationship…As our sister B&B guest and new friend snapped this photo she chanted: "Ya'll are gettin' married…." Yeah. We knew it then….Three years ago from this past May, the...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 1, 2010 | Art, Autism/Disability, H2H, Our Book, Technology/Blogging
This spring, the talented Mary Sweeney, of mSweeney design, created this small video from our book, From Heartache to Hope. It showcases my collaborator, Rebekah Pope's beautiful photography, paired with snippets of my writing from the book. Mary, another...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 1, 2010 | Art, Nashville Flood
The Society of Nashville Artistic Photographers (SNAP) has organized an auction of highly collectible photographs to benefit victims of Nashville's recent catastrophic flood. The June 4 event, named Focus on Recovery, will be 6 -10 p.m. at 201 East 17th St. (at...
by Leisa A. Hammett | May 27, 2010 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
Extraordinary blogger Karen Walrond of Chookooloonks has a book coming out. Pretty special video here: From now through the summer, while I'm moving, settling in, getting married & eventually honeymooning, I'll be posting at a reduced schedule,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | May 25, 2010 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, H2H, Our Book, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville Flood, Spirituality, Travel
When I delivered some supplies to River Plantation, one of the hardest-hit regions of my community, I noticed these trucks. I went back to photograph them a week later. A volunteer at the site, when asked about his team's denominational affiliation, said they were...
