by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 13, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Obama/Politics
Despite my self-pledge to post less and keep it lighter this holiday, today's post today is published in honor of the thousands of Tennesseans living with disAbilities who receive minimal but important funds from The Family Support Program, which is currently on...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 9, 2011 | Art, Nashville!, Nature
I'm about to make a gross over-generalization here: Photographers are "nice" people. When you are holding an instrument that some cultures believe captures the soul–and maybe if the operator is especially good…at least the essence of the...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 4, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nashville!, Obama/Politics
Dear Occupy Nashville, Thank you for fulfilling your civic duty, for telling your truth, for standing up for the little guys–most of us are they little guys. Thank you for being passionate, for being brave, for sacrificing for those of us who just cannot. Thank...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 29, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!
Monday, Dec. 5: THIS SALE HAS ENDED! We have a skeleton inventory (3 sets!) Thank you All who purchased. We will print more cards probably by spring or before but these were the last of the archival inks & papers if not these designs as well. The bottom design is...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 24, 2011 | Art, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Nashville!, Nature, Spirituality, Travel
My sisters and I will be gathering for our first Thanksgiving as orphaned adult children. We will resume the tradition started by our father: When we sit down to the blessed feast steaming before us, we will go around the table, each of us sharing...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 18, 2011 | Art, H2H, Our Book, Nashville!
Last December found Nashville book lovers mourning the loss of our city's last full service independent book store. It was a sign of turbulent times in the publishing world. Soon, three Borders here would also turn off the lights and permanently close their doors....