by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 29, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
"I know there's a lesson here." I realized there was a lesson in the frustrating experience I was having and that realization came just as I said those words. It took me a while and a talk with my spiritual teacher, to whom I said those words, to know...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 25, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
My friend, artist Pam Jolly Haile, whom I know from Art & Soul Studio, Nashville Nonviolent Communication and the Vanderbilt Meditation Group, is pictured far left at my home during a recent open house. What is pictured here to the right of her is a moving project...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 22, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!
I walked to my car, keys in hand, my vision blurring with the moisture of tears. A woman had come up behind us in the checkout line and bumped the counter, causing her soup to slosh and spill a dollop. Busy with my order, the clerk didn't notice. So I offered to...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 15, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Travel
We're busy preparing inventory and delivering to our spring exhibitions. Here's our 2013 GraceArt flyer: www.GraceGoad.com
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 11, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
Just when I thought it was over….When I wrote this blog post series on tea, I thought I was a bit nutty. That no one out here besides me cared. (Although I knew the later was not true, just not sure any of my readers cared.) Thanks for the comments on the blog...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 6, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
If you don't know what this is about, please click this link, www.r-word.org, and learn and then stop using the R-Word. Please! (And in researching for this post, I found this CNN interview with my blogosphere friend/acquaintaince Ellen Seidman. Be sure to click...