by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 30, 2012 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nature, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
The hoo-la over the diagnosis of the Queen of Fat & Sugar, Culinary Marketing Guru, Paula Deen, with Type-2 diabetes has simmered down a bit in the last week. I guess. At risk of sounding self-righteous: I really don't know because I rarely flick on the boob...
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 | 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 11, 2011 | Art, Grief & Loss, Nashville!, Nature
"When we innocently pass through a day without acknowledging our good, we are denying ourselves a sense of pleasure and delight. We lose a consciousness of expectation that things will continue to get even better. Gratitude is it's own prayer."...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 24, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Nashville!, Nature
Did you know that today, Monday, October 24, is National Real Food Day? I believe that eating fake food is part of our country's cultural degradation. That and television. Seriously, I do. Junk in. Junk out….And yes, not only have I posted this in...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 24, 2011 | Art, Motherhood, Nature, Technology/Blogging, Travel
How rude. Monday's here and Grace is back in school and Life dares to return to…"normal." Especially rude in that last week was our luscious fall break. It was my fourth fall break pilgrimage to Grayton Beach, the sweet little state-park-protected...
