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A Review: The Beauty of Different

by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 14, 2011 | Art, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging

Guilty? Could I be guilty of cyber-stalking? "No," wrote back the gracious photoblogger whom I've grown to immensely admire. "You're just someone who is kind and generous with feedback." Or such went the email exchange with Author Karen...

A New Year, But: I’m Still A Seminar Slut

by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 10, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging

Photo: retro traveler It started in college. All those touring esoteric lectures and exotic performing groups. (I went to a Baptist college, so read "exotic" as dramatic and uber artsy.) Then, my first two work places were always offering seminars and...

Thru the Magical Lenses of a Child’s Eyes

by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 27, 2010 | Art, Motherhood, Nature, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging, Travel

Copyrighted Photo: Leisa A. Hammett, Grayton Beach Struck was I by this blog post by my all-time favorite blogger, Chookooloonks, also a first-time author of a book I'm LAPPING up right now. She talks in this post about her jaundiced view (my wording) of a nearby...

Mother Angst. Mother Peace

by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 1, 2010 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Technology/Blogging

  (l-t-r: Tori Taff of Baby Bloomr, Jamie of Blonde Mom Blog, me.) We'd air kissed and said our goodbyes, but before I crossed the threshold, she grabbed me by the wrist. Her blonde locks fell forward as she leaned her head intently in my direction. Fast...

“thx thx thx”

by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 24, 2010 | All The Rest of Life, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nature, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging

"Leah Dieterich's mother always told her to write thank you notes." So says the "About" column of Leah's blog, featured in my roll here.  And so Leah does. Write thank you notes. One-a-day. Short ones. In her blog. Delightful little...

This Analog Girl Clings to Her Real Books and Mourns the Loss of Davis-Kidd

by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 15, 2010 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Technology/Blogging

Ironically, it's another sign of our digital times that I learned that Nashville proper's only remaining full-service bookstore, Davis-Kidd Booksellers, is closing–not from the print version of the Tennessean's front page but via the (social media)...
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GRACE GOAD | AUTISM ART:

Shimai Gallery of Contemporary Craft
8400 Highway 100, Nashville, Tenn.
(Little cottage in the far corner of the Loveless Cafe complex.)

FEATURED POSTS

  • Blossoming: All New Grace Goad Works, Shimai Gallery
  • Message of the Mammoth Moth: Grace in the Time of Corona
  • Year Two—Still Seeking the Resurrection: Grace in the Time of Corona
  • Lessons of the Lenten Roses: Grace in the Time of Corona
  • Self-Love on V-Day: Grace in the Time of Corona

FROM HEARTACHE TO HOPE

From Heartache to Hope: middle tennessee families living with autism, a book by Leisa A. Hammett & photographer Rebekah Pope. Click here for more info plus ordering details.

Grace Goad Autism Art

ABOUT LEISA HAMMETT

Hi! I’m a writer and a speaker, and I represent the art of my young adult daughter, Grace Goad, who has autism. We’ve been featured on The View, Al Jazeera America, and in numerous television, radio, magazine, newspaper, and online features. I’ve written one book about autism and I’m working on spiritual memoir about living with autism. Hope you’ll hang out here online with us.

 

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