By: Jennifer Richardson Holt They are tearing down my old school. If you’ve read here for a while you know that I live in an achingly rural community and the school that my daughter attends is the same one I attended. In fact, this community is so small, there was only one school for theContinue reading “Different Hands Held Down Different Halls 5/11/2025”
Tag Archives: Mothersday
The Same Tales She Told 5/12/2024
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Lately I have had the pleasure of beginning something with my daughter that my mother began with me when I was close to the same age. My memories of these times with my mother are faint but there. They float about in the back corridors of my mind like the glowingContinue reading “The Same Tales She Told 5/12/2024”
Beautiful, but Strange 5/14/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Considering the day at hand, since today we, in America at least, celebrate our mothers, I came to a conclusion. Motherhood is a strange thing. It is full of mysteries and oddities that I am not sure I can find anywhere else. This probably isn’t the angle you were expecting today.Continue reading “Beautiful, but Strange 5/14/2023”
Ridiculousness 5/8/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Where do I even begin? I don’t think there are words that will ever do justice to the topic at hand. Mothers. You had one or you are one. Does the English language even have anything at all that can lend the appropriate significance? I would have to venture that itContinue reading “Ridiculousness 5/8/2022”
The Softhearted Sword 5/9/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I grew up loving a strong female character. I have even mentioned in this blog my love of one particular cartoon heroine from my childhood. I have always been enamored by the idea of some strong female character who possesses all the strength and bravery of a traditional male hero whileContinue reading “The Softhearted Sword 5/9/2021”
A Mother’s Love 5/10/2020
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt The heady fragrance of privet hedge bloom is to me the quintessential May aroma. It is the intoxicatingly floral sweetness that is just flowery enough without being oppressive. A hedge dripping with lacy blossoms and filling all of the outside air with the perfect measure of perfume is probably one ofContinue reading “A Mother’s Love 5/10/2020”
Prose and Possibilities 