Siren Song Summoning the Sandman
Photo: ©LeisaHammett.com, Orcas Island, WA.; view from Mt. Constitution, 2010 Stealthily. Much. Too. Slow. It. Creeps. Seeping. Up from my toes. Dark. Somewhat somber. A blanket of stillness. It crushes my chest. Sits on my heart. Masks my voice. Wanted: this...
The Most Difficult Person to Forgive
This morning I broke through. I broke through, at least, to another layer--a deeper layer. Of freedom. We talk in spiritual communities about the importance of forgiveness. In some conscious communities there is a belief that there is no need to forgive. That we make...
Autism Summers; Past, Present
Funny....Time, when in the midst of it, seems an eternity. Long gone, it is a fleeting memory. Summers past. Precious days. Years-on at a camp inclusion. Then: aged out. Now, 18. We have little such possibility. At the start of our journey, two friends...
Happy Fourth of July, All!
May your holiday celebrations of our great land be full of amusement! And, God Bless America and ALL Nations of our world! Photo: Williamson County Fair, 2011, ©LeisaHammett.com, "Android-ography," with Pixlr-o-matic app.
Sunday Travels: Loveless to Leiper’s
On my birthday weekend, I managed to do everything that I wanted to do: dine out, walk in the park, visit the Franklin Farmers Market, catch a flick, visit The Loveless, drive a bit of the Natchez Trace Parkway, visit Leiper's Fork, browse a bookstore and play...
Summertime Reboot & A Writer’s Discipline
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 around...
Good Morning, Gorgeous!
Good Morning, Gorgeous! And, hello again to another in my June (my birthday month) series on transforming our attitudes about aging. Early March, I attended a seminar honoring women and Dale Smith Thomas was the opening key note speaker. The first words from her lips...
