By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I don’t think I will ever be able to stop being amazed by the simplest things in nature. Of course, we’re all awestruck by a mountain view or a thundering waterfall—those are the easy wonders. They require no real effort to appreciate. Even someone indifferent to jewelry can’t deny the beautyContinue reading “Whispers on the Fence Line 8/10/2025”
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Ghosts of Summers Past
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt My daughter has now finished her 3rd grade school year and summer is upon us. Even she commented on how quickly it seems to have gone by. It feels like we should be maybe mid-February or early March in the school year. Like we’ve been back since Christmas for a whileContinue reading “Ghosts of Summers Past”
A Mystery 5/4/2025
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt You would be surprised how difficult it is for me to not force upon you the same ideas over and over. If nothing else, writing has informed me of just how much I think about the things that have a deep impact on me. And every time I see or hearContinue reading “A Mystery 5/4/2025”
Experimental Exploits 3/30/2025
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt At my daughter’s behest, I suppose I owe you all a story. I wrote a few weeks ago about an experiment that my family was going to undertake. And, as conclusions drawn from experiments often are, the results were a fascinating mixture of somewhat unremarkable and rather surprising. We attempted ourContinue reading “Experimental Exploits 3/30/2025”
All Creatures Great and Small 12/8/2024
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Last week was full of experiences. And yes, I do realize that is quite possibly the most vague and unnecessary opening line that has ever been written. But the experiences were so varied I couldn’t think of another way to describe it. I enjoyed moments that I will likely see againContinue reading “All Creatures Great and Small 12/8/2024”
Just As Louis Said… 10/13/2024
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I have always loved being immersed in nature. Not in the taking a casual walk about the front lawn type of way but more of a walking through a quiet forest in the middle of nowhere type of way. These past few days my experiences with nature have been the kindContinue reading “Just As Louis Said… 10/13/2024”
Weary in the Good Way 5/5/2024
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I shall go ahead and apologize now for my disheveled nature of writing this week. It’s been one of those weeks. You know what I mean. Those days when it is always something and those little moments where you think you have been fortunate enough to have a few seconds ofContinue reading “Weary in the Good Way 5/5/2024”
A Brother, A Sister and a Battle Royale 2/11/2024
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt In my home there currently rages a rather significant case of sibling rivalry. There is the mature and laid-back older brother versus the spunky and sometimes painfully juvenile younger sister. I am forever bearing witness to the back-and-forth battle for affection and attention. I must admit that it is very entertaining andContinue reading “A Brother, A Sister and a Battle Royale 2/11/2024”
Locally Wild 7/2/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt When I was young a show came on public television that I enjoyed. If I am not mistaken it came on Saturday afternoons. The television show was Mutual of Omaha’s Wild America. I cannot remember the fellow’s name that narrated it, but he most assuredly had the voice for it. IContinue reading “Locally Wild 7/2/2023”
Aftermath 5/28/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt If you read last week’s blog, you know that my entire world has shifted rather significantly on its axis. I no longer have the carefree existence that I once had. I knew the changes were coming and I brought them upon myself, well, technically it was mostly my husband if we’reContinue reading “Aftermath 5/28/2023”
Family Expansion 5/21/2023
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”
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”
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”
For Most Natural Reasons 2/13/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I think perhaps I have neglected to give them enough credit. I’ve seen them going about their lives and any thought I gave was with my own added motivations. I think now though that perhaps I have not thought long enough about what the actual reasoning behind the living was. IfContinue reading “For Most Natural Reasons 2/13/2022”
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”
All They Were Created to Be 9/20/2020
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Sometimes, in the middle of the night, a heaviness comes upon me. It is dark and very nearly impossible to see but its presence is apparent and unmistakable. I can try to pretend that it is not there but I succeed about as well as one who attempts to pretend theContinue reading “All They Were Created to Be 9/20/2020”
Creature Comforts 5/3/2020
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt There is a warm fur-clothed inhabitant on my lap. I am just simply trying to type a blog and draped across my legs is a vibrating, softly snoring being. This creature occasionally takes advantage of my pauses in typing to use my right hand as a chin rest. “I’m sorry myContinue reading “Creature Comforts 5/3/2020”
Prose and Possibilities 