by LeisaHammett | Mar 19, 2015 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Spirituality, Travel
Here, in Nashville, there’s a muted silence in the air these chilly, crisp pre-spring days. I’m calling it in between time. The few intermittent days of warm, glorious sunshine brought the buzz of activity. Now, there’s a hush in the air again. A...
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 | Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality
Hello, again, beautiful fallen, Snow, piled atop epic Ice. Hello, beautiful, quiet Earth. You ssshhh my mouth and mind chatter. Hello, bulging-bellied birds perched and chirping cheeriness on the patio-garden dogwood. Hello, warm, flannel jammies; fuzzy socks, and...
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 1, 2015 | Motherhood, Nature, Spirituality
Potent message that covers a vast arena of problematic cultural issues.
by LeisaHammett | Jan 28, 2015 | Art, Motherhood, Nashville!, Spirituality
Really, now—? Was being a member of the inaugural cast of Nashville’s Listen to Your Mother (LTYM) in April, 2014, truly “life changing,” as I and others involved had dubbed it? Last week, in an internal dialogue, I pondered the question. In the days...
