by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 22, 2010 | All The Rest of Life, Obama/Politics, Spirituality, Travel
Photo: Mishelle Lane of “Secret Agent Mama.” There’s something about the southern psyche. Something I’ve been trying to catalog and comprehend for decades now. Our recent trip to Memphis reminded me of a sense of woundedness in these parts....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 17, 2010 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Spirituality
The beautiful songs of Tammy Vice, devoted autism parent/advocate and talented singer/songwriter, always induce a tear or two from me. Of this song, above, she writes, "Th[is] song was originally written after Morgan had a meltdown. She wanted a...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 3, 2010 | Art, Autism/Disability, Spirituality
GraceArt, the artwork of my 16-year-old daughter, Grace Walker Goad, who has autism, is featured on the 2010 November cover–off the presses Monday–of The American Journal of Psychiatry. Three distinquished Vanderbilt Medical University faculty...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 11, 2010 | All The Rest of Life, Spirituality
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” –Archbishop Desmond Tutu Credits to organizer and blogger Tanna Clark of Complete Organizing Solutions who featured this quote in her...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 8, 2010 | Art, Obama/Politics, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
The following is excerpted from Bill Peach's Random Thoughts: Politics, Preaching and Philosophy. Peach, above, is author of several books–including one by the aforementioned blog title. Peach is shown here at the 2009 debut of the anthology of local...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 15, 2010 | Art, Grief & Loss, Spirituality, Travel
HISS! HISS! HISS not at the acting, the direction, the plot of Elizabeth Gilbert's phenomenally best-selling memoir about her one-year spiritual-emotional quest to Italy, India and Indonesia. No. HISS! at the critics who are panning this film that review...
