Unfulfilled Mothers’ Day Wish
A longer version of this ad ran in yesterday's Tennessean: Here's the link: http://data.tennessean.com/~adservices/ads/gunad.pdf
Social Entrepreneurialship
Scene: Wednesday after school, Grace delivered freshly assembled GraceArt Notecard II Sets to Tennessee Art League on Nashville's gallery row, Fifth Avenue of the Arts next to The Arts Company. Today, she's off to Disney World with her Dad. I'm traveling...
This. Is Happening: More GraceArt Notecards II, Hot-Off-The-Press
Grace has six more days of traditional public school left. That's minus two for a long weekend trip to Disney World with her Dad. Graduation is May 18. Today, I'll be working with a young adult woman with autism to prepare 450 plus packets of GraceArt...
ONE (Part 2)
Two months ago I shared on "The Journey with Grace" that my artist friend Pam Jolly Haile was collecting 3,000 thumbprints to create a mandala for a project called "One." This, below, my friends, is the result of her work: Stunning, huh? Here's...
GraceArt Coast to Coast & Home, Here in Nashville (The Art of Autism, VKC)
Right now GraceArt is showing coast to coast: From Seattle (HeART of the Spectrum) to the Massachusetts' Berkshires to solo in North Carolina (The Artery Gallery, Greensboro, extended through May 9,) to down home here in Nashville. Both the shows at the Good...
This is Happening:
Yes, Grace is graduating in two-and-a-half weeks. Readers, I realize you've been getting a "Journey with Grace" lite with all of our art show and speaking-related travels during "Autism Acceptance* Month," which is slowing down some but...
A Book of Poems for a Special Needs Mother’s Soul: Autism disrupted, Chapman Linthorst
What's the ridiculous statistic on the number of autism books published--per day, week, month? My writing coach shared it with me once. I cannot find it now, but if I didn't believe in the power of my own voice and have the umphhh of creative drive, I...
