by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 19, 2011 | Art, Nashville!
He is a quiet man. At least that's how I've experienced him. And quietly he toiled away, his day job–a techie at Vanderbilt University. I met Richard Morton, whose pen name is Carson Morton, (Carson is his middle name,) through my friend, author Paul...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 15, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Motherhood, Nashville!, Nature, Spirituality
Eckhart Tolle wrote about A New Earth. Christian fundamentalists talk about End Times. New Agers speculate about the Mayan Calendar….2012. Tsunamis. Floods. Record heat that's predicted to become the norm. World economies in crisis. An American government...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 4, 2011 | Art, Nashville!, Travel
The music-literary-art scene has some notable relative newcomers; Garden & Gun magazine and "New Grass" sensation Dread Clampitt. Only problem is that this best new magazine–since the 80s–to come out of the South about the South, failed to...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 2, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Nashville!
"You know how it is," said my friend who'd just returned from a national autism conference. "After awhile you've heard it all and nothing seems new." "Yes, I know," replied I–The Seminar Slut."But!" she went on to...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 21, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!, Spirituality
Have you heard of Byron Katie? It was 2007, I think, that I first heard of Katie & "The Work." I've since met others who have worked with her, I've seen her on video, read about her and done a little work with the four questions myself. Read more...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 14, 2011 | Art, Nashville!
When was the last time you did something for yourself? When was the last time you listened to your own stories? Gave yourself time to consider the weight and dignity of your thoughts? That's exactly what you'll do if you find yourself in A Novel...
