by LeisaHammett | Jun 20, 2015 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!, Obama/Politics, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
It’s now two days after many of us awakened with the news of the Charleston racially motivated mass shooting that claimed, among them, a senator’s life and took place in a beautiful historic African American church while its innocent and unaware and...
by LeisaHammett | Apr 20, 2015 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!
Nashville Film Festival Features Documentary About Youth w/ Autism in Transition 4/23 A first kiss, a first dance. These are the rites of passage of American youth that hold the promise of magic, romance, and initiation into adulthood. For youth from all walks...
by LeisaHammett | Apr 2, 2015 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!
Only a month into Grace Goad’s new Spring/Summer coaster-sized Art Tiles line and we’re looking toward a third printing. These yummy pastels are selling well, alongside matching Notecards, plus the still popular Fall-Winter Notecard and Art Tile lines....
by LeisaHammett | Mar 12, 2015 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Spirituality
We bonded during the last hour of the day. A panelist at the close of the first-ever conference for midlife bloggers asked the audience of 100 women if any of us found certain types of stories that resonated with their readers. I raised my hand. But, Cathy...
by LeisaHammett | Mar 5, 2015 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
Ready? Cue the eyeballs to roll. I’m sure some of my Facebook friends knew this blog post was coming. So, what does The Buddha have to do with the Icepocalypse, as we called Storm Octavia here in Nashville? And Pandora. And Thor….Opportunity, my...
by LeisaHammett | Feb 17, 2015 | Art, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!, Nature, Technology/Blogging
Day two here in Nashville’s worst ice storm in two decades. Area public schools are cancelled for the week as we thaw from phase one and brace for two and possibly three more hits of this epic winter event. Early afternoon Grace and I braved the roads and found...