by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 19, 2011 | Art, Nashville!
He is a quiet man. At least that's how I've experienced him. And quietly he toiled away, his day job–a techie at Vanderbilt University. I met Richard Morton, whose pen name is Carson Morton, (Carson is his middle name,) through my friend, author Paul...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 17, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Spirituality
This. Is. SO important. Despite that some would consider me's a heathern, I tenaciously believe our sense of spirituality and need for many (including myself) to connect to something greater than ourselves is a fundamental human right. For too long, faith...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 15, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Motherhood, Nashville!, Nature, Spirituality
Eckhart Tolle wrote about A New Earth. Christian fundamentalists talk about End Times. New Agers speculate about the Mayan Calendar….2012. Tsunamis. Floods. Record heat that's predicted to become the norm. World economies in crisis. An American government...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 13, 2011 | Art
A stellar cast. Extremely moving. "The Help" is an important movie. Be sure and dig out your tissues before the movie starts. You'll be dabbing throughout. Most poignant is the fact that although based on a novel, the plot is all too true. I was struck...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 11, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
I'm giving this summer the finger. Well, actually, I mean, well, the wave of us Mothers From Hell & Friends is the slightly raised third finger. And that's me above driving The Divorce Mobile in two-thousand-and-something-or-another. And I've...