by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 26, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
Assumption Number One: Yes, I've been Divorced. No, he was not/is not a scoundrel. No, I was not left Desperate. Destitute. Or, Deeply Depressed from The Big D. We had a healthy, peaceful, professionally mediated Divorce. We conducted ourselves like adults...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 21, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!
In the country of music, an independent film about a Florida Goodwill Industries employee band garnered the Best Music Documentary at Nashville Film Festival last spring. The film is an endearing collection of stories within a story, including how a volunteer band...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 19, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nashville Flood, Nashville!
"Oh. No. Is that Rain? Or…" Quickly, I rushed to the front door. Opened it….No rain. That meant my fears were correct and the sound of water was coming from our garage/basement. It began on an otherwise peaceful Saturday night. Husband 2.0 and I...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 16, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Technology/Blogging
Ahem. Just sayin'…Again….This is a movie deserving of your dollars, time and attention. Hollywood's Foreign Press Association thinks so, too. The Social Network is, ironically, a movie about a socially inept young man (now billionaire Mark...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 12, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
Please understand: I do not, of course, condone the Saturday shooting spree–the actions of Jared Loughner in Arizona that killed six, including a federal judge and a nine-year-old and wounded 13 others, including beloved congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. When...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 10, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
Photo: retro traveler It started in college. All those touring esoteric lectures and exotic performing groups. (I went to a Baptist college, so read "exotic" as dramatic and uber artsy.) Then, my first two work places were always offering seminars and...
