By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I was already at the end of the week and hadn’t the slightest idea what I should write about. When I am all the way to Friday and don’t even have a settled topic, there may be a slight bit of panic that creeps in. I’ve been writing this blog forContinue reading “Beyond the Face on the Screen 3/24/2024”
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An Enigmatic Alliance 2/25/2024
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Some friends of ours have two twenty-something children, both of whom have recently gotten engaged. It came as quite a surprise when their daughter asked if she could come and talk with myself and husband and get to know us better. Now, I am not remotely conceited enough to think thatContinue reading “An Enigmatic Alliance 2/25/2024”
Raising Children and a Battle Flag 2/18/2024
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I know that often the things I write here are lighthearted. Last week was about the sibling rivalry between my dog and cat. Clearly, that was not the most in-depth content. I was not aiming for life changing material or significant thought provocation. But today, I hope you’ll humor me asContinue reading “Raising Children and a Battle Flag 2/18/2024”
Caught in the Net 2/4/2024
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I attempted to use the same method for topic ideas that I used last week. It seems that my daughter and I are similar enough that her suggestions were ones I had already employed. We’ll chalk that up to great minds thinking alike or something of the sort. So, since her ideaContinue reading “Caught in the Net 2/4/2024”
The Slightest Bit of Resolve 12/31/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt My house looks very stark to me. It is strange how once the Christmas décor comes down it is as though I am living in a foreign place. Everything is so bare and understated. It’s comfortable enough I suppose. I don’t particularly dislike anything I’m looking at. But after having had everyContinue reading “The Slightest Bit of Resolve 12/31/2023”
Righting a Seasonal Wrong 12/24/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt It is Christmas Eve. Don’t worry, I won’t keep you long. I know that all the last-minute preparations are probably fully underway, and you are at the epitome of busyness right now. Then again you could have been one of those who take on the task early, much like my mother whoContinue reading “Righting a Seasonal Wrong 12/24/2023”
The Legacy Continues 12/10/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt They were calling it The Great War. I am not sure how it got this moniker. I am not quite close enough to the action to have heard the backstory though acquiring such information is still a goal. On the day I began writing this, every mind in my small townContinue reading “The Legacy Continues 12/10/2023”
Learn the Lesson 11/19/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I saw her several times. I was just perusing the local Walmart. I was trying to find where they hid the towels that normal people buy. You know, not the towels that are apparently made from the professionally styled hair of alpacas that are fed chocolate covered strawberries. I just wantedContinue reading “Learn the Lesson 11/19/2023”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
Day and Night Embraced 7/24/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Marriage is a funny thing. I don’t mean funny in the ha-ha way. Well, I suppose sometimes it can definitely be that as well. What has me thinking about this ancient institution is the fact that this coming week my parents will celebrate their forty-ninth year of marriage. Yes, you readContinue reading “Day and Night Embraced 7/24/2022”
A Grief Observed 6/26/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I will go ahead and apologize now. The subject matter today might be somber, but it will certainly be relatable. I suppose the more difficult aspects of life are. I am currently in the middle of some of those more difficult yet unavoidable moments in time. I have decided that theseContinue reading “A Grief Observed 6/26/2022”
Authentic Treasure 2/20/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Ideas come from the strangest places. This is most assuredly true in the subject matter for today’s blog. I guess I owe this one to my daughter though that is not a development that is particularly new since she very frequently gives me fodder for my writing. She is a virtualContinue reading “Authentic Treasure 2/20/2022”
Can’t See the Forest for the Christmas Tree 12/19/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt This will be the last blog before my most beloved of all holidays arrives. It seems so hard to believe. Where did this year go? Time has been such a relative concept these last few strange years. I think I was pretty certain at one point that August and September wereContinue reading “Can’t See the Forest for the Christmas Tree 12/19/2021”
Inherited Passions 9/19/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt A conversation with my coworker gave me the content for this blog. It was one of those conversations that I am famous for that may start off innocently about football or maybe even work (we do occasionally talk about that at work, not often but it happens) and somehow the trainContinue reading “Inherited Passions 9/19/2021”
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”
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”
With Great Expectations 9/6/2020
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I have always felt like fall was the start of something. I suppose, in the most realistically basic sense, it is the start of kids returning to school so that’s something. The lazy days of summer for child, parent and teacher alike are morphing into something that is a more hectic,Continue reading “With Great Expectations 9/6/2020”
The Not-So-Little Things 6/28/2020
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt What a world huh? What a crazy life we lead, am I right? When they say that there is nothing new under the sun I am starting to wonder if this year took that as a challenge. I think that we tend to, and lately understandably so, get caught up in,Continue reading “The Not-So-Little Things 6/28/2020”
Prose and Possibilities 