by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 24, 2012 | Obama/Politics, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
A knitted caftan replaced the cashmere shawl she'd planned to don. Beneath it she wore fleece and flannels all the day long once the mid-February threat of ice and snow cancelled her Sunday afternoon rendezvous with friends over steaming bowls of chili. She...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 29, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!, Technology/Blogging
My cozy intown writer's hideaway, Nashville Public Library. Photo: ©LeisaHammett.com, taken with my Droid camera phone and happily doctored with Pixlr-o-matic app–my latest down-time joyful "rest" obsession. Until my senior year in college, a lap...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 20, 2012 | Art, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
Saturday, much of America apparently perched on their couches and watched Whitney Houston's funeral via television or live-stream internet. The Facebook community was stacked with commentary. Though I'm not a fan of celebrity, I believe in the...
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 | Jan 16, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
…This is the blog post that once upon a time I dreaded writing. Back last early June when I moved out of the house I shared with Husband 2.0, I dreaded the thought of coming here and posting this very personal and once very painful news. And then, over the...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 7, 2012 | Art, Nashville!, Technology/Blogging
A visual feast that promises to touch the soul of the viewer plus–what opportunity (and fun): Copyrighted image, "Savannah Canopy," featured in exhibition, by extraordinary South Light photographer, Nick Dantona. One of Nashville's finest art...