by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 22, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!, Nature, Spirituality
Gratitude is "good." It is heartfelt and lovely. And somehow I missed the call out that the 30 days of November would be a social media exercise for sharing one's daily gratitude via Facebook. So much of the messages on the medium are any thing but...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 1, 2012 | Art, Nashville!, Nature
West Nashville Farmer's Market, Fall 2011
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 11, 2012 | Nature, Spirituality
I'm getting better at this. I had a third-morning-in-a-row worry-fear-anxiety visitor today. Growing stronger, I was able to shoo it away by repeating to myself a few times "present-time consciousness." And, then I was able to come out of my meditation...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 2, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nature, Travel
Diagnosis: End-of-Summer Malaise. Late last week I returned from the most relaxing vacay I've had in four years. And then I remained in that mode via a "staycay" for the next nearly four days. Ahhhh. (I'll be starting a show-and-tell series from all...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 12, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nature, Travel
Photo: ©LeisaHammett.com, Orcas Island, WA.; view from Mt. Constitution, 2010 Stealthily. Much. Too. Slow. It. Creeps. Seeping. Up from my toes. Dark. Somewhat somber. A blanket of stillness. It crushes my chest. Sits on my heart. Masks my voice. Wanted: this...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 1, 2012 | Nashville!, Nature, Travel
On my birthday weekend, I managed to do everything that I wanted to do: dine out, walk in the park, visit the Franklin Farmers Market, catch a flick, visit The Loveless, drive a bit of the Natchez Trace Parkway, visit Leiper's Fork, browse a bookstore and play...
