By: Jennifer Richardson Holt This is something of a disclaimer. Perhaps that isn’t the right word—maybe explanation would be more appropriate. You see, I caught a fair amount of flack this past weekend, and it wasn’t the first time either. It wasn’t particularly traumatizing, as I’ve heard the fuss before. I will say that thisContinue reading “The Welcome Glow 11/9/2025”
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The Quiet Between the Peaks 11/2/2025
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt My life is something like reading an echocardiogram. There are high hills and low valleys, with a few unremarkable flat lines in between. Now that I think about it, if I’m making that analogy, my life is probably more like an abnormal echocardiogram—patterns rather sporadic and unpredictable. I’ve always been thisContinue reading “The Quiet Between the Peaks 11/2/2025”
Resurrecting Easter 4/20/2025
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I have very fond memories of Easter. The reminiscence from my childhood has me recalling some aspects that remain unchanged as well as some that only remain in my mind as I no longer have the pleasure of enjoying them. For some reason this year I am lending this holiday moreContinue reading “Resurrecting Easter 4/20/2025”
Strange Days and Lost Time 12/29/2024
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt The days after Christmas are always difficult for me. Not only am I in a stupor of all the glorious carbs and calories of the holiday season and its respectably festive gluttony, but not having to go regularly to work makes me fully unaware of what day it is. If IContinue reading “Strange Days and Lost Time 12/29/2024”
Your Choice of View 12/22/2024
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt It was a Christmas post on social media and a classic Christmas movie that started me thinking. They were a few weeks apart and it took a while for the two to meld in my mind into one idea. The post hit me as very meaningful and wise, and I storedContinue reading “Your Choice of View 12/22/2024”
In My Defense 11/3/2024
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I am one of those people. It is November, and as far as I am concerned now, it is Christmas time. If I didn’t have several out of the ordinary events on my schedule for the next few weekends, I would already be decorating. I know that this is a controversialContinue reading “In My Defense 11/3/2024”
The Extra of the Ordinary 11/14/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt It is a special time of year. And yes, I do in fact know how trite that sentence was, but trust me I am going somewhere. While yes it is the beginning of some very major holiday celebrations it is also a time of year, for me at least, that specialContinue reading “The Extra of the Ordinary 11/14/2021”
The Last Quarter’s Spell 10/24/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt This time of year is mystical to me. That is the best word that I can think of to describe it. And yes, before you even say anything (assuming you discuss my blog with anyone or if you, like myself, talk to yourself when you read things) I am indeed aboutContinue reading “The Last Quarter’s Spell 10/24/2021”
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 