Prayer for the New Year
Western Lake, Grayton Beach, Fla., Fall 2009, copyright: Leisa A. Hammett "I am aware, there is but One Life, I am this field of creative potential in all Its' power, glory and possibility. "I accept there is always a way to greater good. I act like it,...
Don’t Lose Hope
photo: RebekahPope.com* The dishes were cleared. The nightly biomedical supplement routine completed. I stood in the kitchen face to face with a tall girl playing a spur-of-the-moment version of patty-cake. Our own version. She was getting it, I thought as I looked...
Thru the Magical Lenses of a Child’s Eyes
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...
Holiday Blessings of Peace, Dear Readers!
"United We Stand" by talented, engaging Nashville plein air painter and land supporter Kim Barrick, www.KimBarrick.com, featured at Auld Alliance Gallery....
Christmas with Autism
"What do your children want for Christmas?" The discussion board posed the question. For several years after my daughter's diagnosis of autism, Christmases were emotionally challenging. It's a holiday keenly focused on children. And our child...
R Ur Eyes on Jesus? Loosening the Bible Belt
"R Ur Eyes on Jesus? Ur Nabes have their pupils aimed at him, so says the bright yellow-and-black sign in their yard. Merr-ee Xmas. You know who." I scribbled the words on a torn piece of notepaper and stuck them in the shoe box I'd placed in a brown...
GraceArt @ TPAC
"Sunshine," by Grace Walker Goad Grace's drawing, above, is displayed at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, near the Polk Theater entrance, downtown Nashville, until January 7, 2011. It can easily be spotted before or after a show or during...
