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”
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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”
Thank Heaven for Small Mercies 11/27/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt At the time this publishes I will have not long finished the holiday of Thanksgiving and I know I am speaking for myself here, but I daresay that others would agree with me I think I take this holiday for granted. I do like it, I really do but with theContinue reading “Thank Heaven for Small Mercies 11/27/2022”
A Foreign Native 11/20/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Today’s blog probably won’t be lengthy. As I type this, I am currently in my most favorite place on this planet. And no, I haven’t traversed the whole planet so I cannot outright promise that there is no place that I might actually find more endearing. There may very well beContinue reading “A Foreign Native 11/20/2022”
Country Roads, Take Me Home 11/13/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Sometimes I just have to laugh at my little life. That may have sounded like I am having a tough time of things or that I am laughing just to keep from crying. At least, that’s how it sounded to me when I just re-read the sentence. I assure you thereContinue reading “Country Roads, Take Me Home 11/13/2022”
It Waits for No Man 11/6/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt It was disconcertingly dark when I took my daughter to school on Friday morning. The beginning of the week had produced some breathtaking sunrises. There were pink glowing wisps of clouds that changed to gold melting into the bright glow of day. I was saddened that my drive took me westContinue reading “It Waits for No Man 11/6/2022”
A Few Redeeming Qualities 10/30/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I tried to think of something seasonally appropriate for today. Since we are very near the day that a large portion of the population celebrates Halloween I wanted to come up with something that would fit the bill. I must admit this isn’t my favorite holiday. This isn’t even on myContinue reading “A Few Redeeming Qualities 10/30/2022”
So Says She 10/23/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I am still, even now as I begin the process, not entirely certain what I should write about. Anything I come up with is either something I am so inspired by that I have already written about it far too many times or it is something on the absolute other endContinue reading “So Says She 10/23/2022”
Legacy 10/16/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I can’t promise that this will be a particularly lengthy entry. And yes, I must admit that part of me probably just typed that because every time in the past I have prefaced a blog with that then I usually end up with an excessively long product and I have toContinue reading “Legacy 10/16/2022”
‘Round These Parts 10/9/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt The cotton field near my home is very close to being ready for harvest. I know, I know. It is so achingly southern of me to be excited by this. It is probably, no, definitely even more so for me to be planning taking pictures of my daughter in said cottonContinue reading “‘Round These Parts 10/9/2022”
Homefires Rekindled 10/2/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt On my drive several mornings this week I have noticed something. Now, it is not something I haven’t noticed before but it seems that it has apparently been a rather long amount of time since I gave it what I feel is the appropriate amount of attention. What drew my eyeContinue reading “Homefires Rekindled 10/2/2022”
Sensitivity 9/25/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt There are certain things that always get to me. And when I say get to me, I mean have a deep and profound impact. I can be exposed to these certain elements countless times and every time, the weighty emotion they merit astounds me. I often wonder if I am anContinue reading “Sensitivity 9/25/2022”
Problem Solved 9/18/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt There are times that I wish I lived somewhere else. Well, no. I take that back. I don’t actually wish I lived somewhere else. I think I would prefer to take the traits that I enjoy that are in other locales and simply move them to where I am now. Yes.Continue reading “Problem Solved 9/18/2022”
A Weight Borne and Lifted 9/11/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt The world changed this week. I think most everyone noticed but the reactions were quite varied. An era ended. Something I have known as a constant all my life went away. I am sure that you have guessed by now the event of which I speak. This week the Queen completedContinue reading “A Weight Borne and Lifted 9/11/2022”
Wonderful, but Weird 9/4/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt We all have our certain little somethings that just make us who we are. Now, I am not talking about those really vast dimensions of character like the things about which we are passionate or the things that have left deep scars on our psyches. No, those are far beyond theContinue reading “Wonderful, but Weird 9/4/2022”
The Small and the Spirited 8/28/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I don’t remember it but that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. I do have a particularly terrible memory that has only gotten worse after becoming a mom (apparently that whole “baby brain” doesn’t stop even after 6 years). What I can’t recall was dressing up for spirit days in school. ApparentlyContinue reading “The Small and the Spirited 8/28/2022”
Transition and Transformation 8/21/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I have a love/hate relationship with change. I suppose most people do so I don’t suppose I just shared with you any particularly earth shaking information. It is slightly ironic that there are times I find lack of change very tedious and other times that I find the presence of anyContinue reading “Transition and Transformation 8/21/2022”
Prose and Possibilities 