by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 22, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nashville!
Come follow me today over to MusicCityMoms.net. Some of you readers may remember back in the day, (from 2007 to 2011,) I was a moderator for the Tennessean's Music City Moms (later renamed Moms Like Me). The paper ended the forum in 2012, but one member...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 18, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Travel
Okay! Ready? To make tea, you boil tap water, pour, steep and sip. Right? Worse, nuke a mug of tap water. Right? Nope and nope. Trust me. The type of water and how it's heated does affect the taste. I'll skip the parts about what temperature and bringing to a...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 15, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!
The first time I traveled internationally, people from other countries assumed by my accent that I was from Dallas. Ha! Maybe in the future they'll hear me and assume I'm from Nashville!* Actually, living here for 20-plus years now, I still haven't lost my...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 14, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Nashville!, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
Fun to see this famous sculpture at the 21C Museum Hotel during New Years in Louisville. Enjoy the day. May chocolate, roses and love be abundant in your life today. And, always. Plus: here's to my many passionate woman-artist friends who are participating in a...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 8, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Spirituality
My writing mentor/coach, Portland, Ore.-based Charlotte Rains Dixon–whom I met through Middle Tennessee State University's Writer's Loft–tagged me to participate in a blog hop about my next book. She was tagged, then she tagged me and some other...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 14, 2013 | Motherhood, Nashville!, Obama/Politics
I invite you to join me in signing this petition and calling Nashville Mayor Karl Dean's office (615-862-6000) and share the petition and/or this "Journey with Grace" blog post with others you know who are concerned about the NRA's aggressive...