By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I was recently exploring a treasure trove of old folkways. I had already been pondering some sayings that were particularly endearing to me and thinking of how I could work them into the blog and I stumbled upon a lady producing a lot of fabulous content in attempt to preserve herContinue reading “A Turn of Phrase 5/2/2021”
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Spinning Season 4/25/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt It is getting to be that time of year. Now, I know you’re thinking that you probably know of which time of year I speak. You are probably thinking about any number of warmer weather outdoor activities, or maybe graduations, or maybe children getting out of school for the summer orContinue reading “Spinning Season 4/25/2021”
Distractions 4/18/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I tend to get enthused about really insignificant things. I admit it. They aren’t bad things or invaluable things but I’m not sure that they are things that most people would let steal their attention like I do. If you have read any of my blogs you know obviously that mostContinue reading “Distractions 4/18/2021”
A Successful Treasure Hunt 4/11/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Have you ever had really random memories just leap into your mind and you cannot for the life of you figure why they’ve suddenly appeared? That has happened to me a great deal as of late. I have had many different little snippets from the past travel through the viewfinder ofContinue reading “A Successful Treasure Hunt 4/11/2021”
Every Blade of Grass 4/4/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I am not sure what it is about this year but for some reason my fondness for Easter has grown tremendously. I have always liked it but for some reason this one seems more consequential, more meaningful somehow. This year feels more like all that is springtime and Easter to me. Continue reading “Every Blade of Grass 4/4/2021”
An Anniversary 3/28/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I can’t believe we’ve made it here. I suppose I should have been optimistic and just felt assured I would get to this point but I readily admit that I do, on occasion, lean slightly to the more pessimistic side of the scale. Not full blown pessimism mind you, but ifContinue reading “An Anniversary 3/28/2021”
View of the Equinox from Here 3/21/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Spring snuck up on me this year. One minute there were the light dustings of blossom from stray pear trees and the occasional wild plum out in the bare grey woods and now suddenly everything already has leaves. When did that happen? I suppose it’s appropriate considering, at the time thisContinue reading “View of the Equinox from Here 3/21/2021”
No One But Ghosts 3/14/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I remember when I was very young, probably in lower elementary school when some family had come to visit us. I remember my cousin making a comment that all the adults in the car at the time, which would have had to have consisted of my parents and my aunt andContinue reading “No One But Ghosts 3/14/2021”
Photographing Unicorns 3/7/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt It is the kind of room where even simple tasks become impossibly complicated. You’ll be certain that the undertaking ahead of you should be easily accomplished and somehow developments appear out of nowhere. It’s such a pleasant little unassuming place too. It doesn’t look like it would lend anything other thanContinue reading “Photographing Unicorns 3/7/2021”
A Day of Reckoning 2/28/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Tomorrow, assuming you’re reading this on the day it is published, is pretty significant. I suppose it could be called momentous but that sounds a bit pretentious so I think I shall avoid that choice of adjective. It’s one of those events that you assume will come but then again youContinue reading “A Day of Reckoning 2/28/2021”
And It’s Not Even Thanksgiving 2/21/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I am not sure what caused it but I seem to be waxing sentimental today. I thought it was a matter of me hearing the somewhat nostalgic moan of the breeze whistling against the windows during a moment of silence. I don’t suppose many people really have that much by wayContinue reading “And It’s Not Even Thanksgiving 2/21/2021”
The Path of Peril and Promise 2/14/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I am making what I feel like is a pretty safe guess in thinking that if you are reading this that you are at least moderately familiar with the English language. And being knowledgeable of the common tongue you know it is an utterly ridiculous language. There are of course theContinue reading “The Path of Peril and Promise 2/14/2021”
A Smattering of Disdain 2/7/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt If you read my last blog you know it was a somewhat gushing affectionate tribute to a writer, or probably more accurately an individual that I love most everything about. For some reason today I am traveling a very different, I suppose you could call it downright opposite path. Oddly enoughContinue reading “A Smattering of Disdain 2/7/2021”
A Love Letter 1/31/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I have a confession to make. I will say that if you know me even the most moderate amount you may well already be aware of what I am about to admit. What I’m about to tell you about is probably best described as a relation of a love affair thatContinue reading “A Love Letter 1/31/2021”
The Longest Nights 1/24/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Please don’t think that I have not noticed. I have seen the trend weaving its way through this blog that some forms of subject matter tend to reappear. I suppose it is appropriate that I wrote last week about the cyclical nature of things because my topics certainly seem to beContinue reading “The Longest Nights 1/24/2021”
Circular Thoughts 1/17/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Where I live, I see things. Living in such a rural setting I have the privilege or even downright pleasure, of witnessing some elements that I regularly meet to which those not sharing in my pastoral backdrop may not be privy . If I am honest, I probably very often overlookContinue reading “Circular Thoughts 1/17/2021”
Anecdotes of Inhumanity 1/10/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt If you are anything like me, lately you have found people, well, less than thrilling. Don’t be offended. I am sure some of you reading this or your friends and/or family are the absolute epitome of lovely souls but as of late, humans in general have not been behaving in aContinue reading “Anecdotes of Inhumanity 1/10/2021”
Wise Words in Unexpected Places 1/3/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I have fought it as long as I can. We are now into a new year and I have decided to fight it no longer. Once I heard this little bit of inspiration it certainly stuck with me as a valuable treasure of wisdom. I suppose it was its source thatContinue reading “Wise Words in Unexpected Places 1/3/2021”
When All Is Said and Done 12/27/2020
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt She always hated when it was over. Perhaps hate was too strong of a word. If she were being accurate there were probably a paragraph’s worth of words that she could use to describe the awkward time when the Christmas Day festivities were over. Maybe she didn’t truly hate it sheContinue reading “When All Is Said and Done 12/27/2020”
The Glowing and the Green 12/20/2020
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt This year I have taken the hanging of the green more seriously than I ever have before. Don’t get me wrong I have always been madly in love with the idea of decorating for Christmas. As far as I am concerned, I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment that it is theContinue reading “The Glowing and the Green 12/20/2020”
Watching the Clock 12/13/2020
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Is it just me, or does anyone else remember when it used to take roughly four years to get to this time every year? Maybe it was just the youthful imagination but I am quite certain that it took multiple years for us to get to the last pages of theContinue reading “Watching the Clock 12/13/2020”
An Occurrence Extraordinary 12/6/2020
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt When the temperatures drop below freezing or quite frankly gets even close to it, in these parts that garners quite the mixed bag of emotion. In the south weather extremes are most assuredly not unheard of. We are subjected to tornadoes frequently. The odd hurricane or tropical storm isn’t out ofContinue reading “An Occurrence Extraordinary 12/6/2020”
Branches and Roots 11/29/2020
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I feel like I may have taken on a topic in this blog that is significantly over my head. Not that I don’t think I can write about it, I just think that despite my innate ability to fling unnecessarily large amounts of words at a subject matter, I don’t knowContinue reading “Branches and Roots 11/29/2020”
Wisdom from an Imaginary Table 11/22/2020
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt This blog is proving more difficult to write than originally anticipated. I had thought to myself that writing a blog extolling the joys of Thanksgiving, since we are to that week of the year, would be a tad on the effortless side. However, the ebb and flow of tides in theContinue reading “Wisdom from an Imaginary Table 11/22/2020”
Simple Gifts 11/15/2020
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt It is that time of year. It is a time when busy is an understatement. A little bit of everything flows into our schedules like a landslide carrying every speck of free time and thought off into oblivion with it. If we are not busy planning the events for the restContinue reading “Simple Gifts 11/15/2020”
Prose and Possibilities 