By: Jennifer Richardson Holt This is a big weekend for our family. By the time this posts we will have morphed from a simple family of 4 with a daddy, a mom, a daughter and a cat, into a family of 5. We will add a puppy. Now anyone reading this that has ever hadContinue reading “Family Expansion 5/21/2023”
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Beautiful, but Strange 5/14/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Considering the day at hand, since today we, in America at least, celebrate our mothers, I came to a conclusion. Motherhood is a strange thing. It is full of mysteries and oddities that I am not sure I can find anywhere else. This probably isn’t the angle you were expecting today.Continue reading “Beautiful, but Strange 5/14/2023”
Scepter, Orb, Bat and Ball 5/7/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Today I think I will spare you from the saga that is my personal life. I hope all of you didn’t too terribly mind the past few weeks full of angst and drama. I think of you, my readers, as friends, hence I just begin to ramble off to all ofContinue reading “Scepter, Orb, Bat and Ball 5/7/2023”
Welcome Distraction 4/30/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt The hedges and the honeysuckle are blooming. It seems to have happened all at once. One second there was not a hint of their fragrance in the air and the next thing I know, the highway and byways are littered with blossoms and the whole of the outdoors require only theContinue reading “Welcome Distraction 4/30/2023”
Deceptively Comfortable 4/23/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Last week I wrote about making choices. As I sit writing right now, those choices are still very prominently in the forefront of my mind. But fear not, I don’t intend to just repeat myself from last week. We all know I am infamous for rehashing topics, so I am goingContinue reading “Deceptively Comfortable 4/23/2023”
Decisions, Decisions 4/16/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I find myself in a bit of a predicament today. Here I am with very limited time to get my blog done for the week and my brain is repeatedly informing me that it has no intention of participating in the process. Oh it is definitely hard at work mind you,Continue reading “Decisions, Decisions 4/16/2023”
Time Honored and True 4/9/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I don’t know if it’s because I’m a history nerd but I absolutely adore a good tradition. It probably also stems from my love of symbolism and anything that has a meaning that lies much deeper than the surface, but a quality long standing tradition that is passed down through theContinue reading “Time Honored and True 4/9/2023”
A Coup D’état of Sorts 4/2/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt If it is springtime and you are in the south, there will be, at some point, and likely at more than one point, bad weather. I don’t know all the science surrounding it but if I had to guess I would wager it is the last semblance of coolness from winterContinue reading “A Coup D’état of Sorts 4/2/2023”
An Alabama Adventure 3/26/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I enjoy seeing things I haven’t seen before. And if it is something that I particularly enjoyed then I don’t mind seeing something that I have seen before. And yes, after re-reading it I realize how terribly obvious and uninteresting both of those first two statements are. I shared those firstContinue reading “An Alabama Adventure 3/26/2023”
Observations in Oddity 3/19/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt The time change has proven very strange for me this season. I suppose, if you get right down to it the entire idea is a tad on the strange side. Most people I know are not fans of falling back or springing forward timewise, but I digress. I have heard changingContinue reading “Observations in Oddity 3/19/2023”
Eyes on the Past 3/12/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I asked my daughter what I should write about this week. Her very humble suggestion was for me to write about her. I am not totally opposed to this. I questioned her further about what specifically I should write about and she said I should just tell about her day atContinue reading “Eyes on the Past 3/12/2023”
The Best Laid Plans 3/5/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt It has most assuredly been one of those weeks. I am certain you know what I mean when I make such a statement. However, in thinking about it and looking at it, that’s an odd statement that doesn’t say much of anything. But anyway, I daresay all of you have hadContinue reading “The Best Laid Plans 3/5/2023”
Roadside Attractions 2/26/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt One morning this week I came to a place where traffic was stopped. I was traveling a very small country road and I had seen signs telling of utility work ahead. The oncoming, now not coming but ceased traffic was in fact a utility truck so I just assumed I hadContinue reading “Roadside Attractions 2/26/2023”
A Smaller Stage 2/19/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I have written countless times about the joys of rural living and rest assured I have not changed my mind or my warm feelings toward it. While there are probably aspects that even those not fortunate enough to live the country lifestyle would suspect, there are probably tidbits that you mightContinue reading “A Smaller Stage 2/19/2023”
Filling the Cracks 2/12/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I am debating heavily on whether or not to write about the upcoming holiday. And then again, if I do decide to write about it, what could I say that hasn’t already been said? Taking on the topic of love has only been done by most everyone and everything. My starsContinue reading “Filling the Cracks 2/12/2023”
Anything is Possible 2/5/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt It’s that time of year again. Now, you may be wondering what exactly time I am referencing, and I assure you that I am honestly attempting to answer this question. I don’t know exactly what this period should be named. We’ve just begun February and the seasons are just doing whateverContinue reading “Anything is Possible 2/5/2023”
Of Fire and Magic 1/29/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I live with a connoisseur. He is an artist. Not in the traditional sense of the word. He doesn’t paint or sculpt. His medium of choice is the primal and ancient pairing of smoke and meat. Yes, that is correct. My husband can do things in preparing the flesh of farmContinue reading “Of Fire and Magic 1/29/2023”
The Inheritance 1/22/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I seem to have passed an unexpected trait down to my daughter. It is one of those things that could be both a blessing and a curse. I know it certainly has been for me. Right now, it is leaning every so slightly to the latter, proving a challenge to herContinue reading “The Inheritance 1/22/2023”
How Curious 1/15/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt My cat prefers faucet water. I know that was quite an opening statement but it’s true. He’s been given bowls. He’d tolerate them but he didn’t seem to drink like he should. His most favorite course of action if anyone is anywhere in the vicinity of a sink is to getContinue reading “How Curious 1/15/2023”
In Perpetuity 1/8/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt We are one week in. Perhaps it isn’t a very accurate sampling to judge how the year will go but we do have our first taste of it. Thus far I don’t have a great deal to report other than this year seems to be following suit of its predecessors andContinue reading “In Perpetuity 1/8/2023”
When Trouble Comes 1/1/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Two consecutive blogs falling on major holidays is making me feel a bit of pressure if I’m honest. I don’t know that I did all that well for my contribution last week and that only intensifies the weight that I feel to produce content worthy of my first piece of theContinue reading “When Trouble Comes 1/1/2023”
Recollections of the Day 12/25/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt And so, comes another Christmas. We welcome this one perhaps in a new way or yet again in ways that we have welcomed all the ones before. And then there is also the possibility that you’re greeting the day in some glorious mixture of old traditions and new. I suppose asContinue reading “Recollections of the Day 12/25/2022”
Train of Thought Derailed 12/18/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I sat down to write this, and I was all set. I had my notes in front of me so that I could remember all the things I wanted to cover. For those of you who thought that my writing just flowed from me like a spring I thank you, butContinue reading “Train of Thought Derailed 12/18/2022”
Strange Bedfellows 12/11/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt My daughter’s bed is an outright menagerie of creatures. They are an unlikely group. You certainly wouldn’t run into this bunch in natural circumstances. She also has a very specific order in which her bedmates must lay. Now of course once the morning comes, they could be in any sort ofContinue reading “Strange Bedfellows 12/11/2022”
Lifting the Mid-Winter Spirits 12/4/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt If you’re a regular reader of this blog its contents will shock you about as much as dipping your hand in water and finding it wet. I admit this fact does make me a bit nervous since, if I am revisiting a familiar theme, as it seems I apparently am, IContinue reading “Lifting the Mid-Winter Spirits 12/4/2022”
Prose and Possibilities 