By: Jennifer Richardson Holt We began our mountain vacation with a bang. That first full day brimmed with the kind of moments that stay with a family for years — long after we’re tired of scrolling through the photos and long after we’ve burned off the extra pounds from all the delectable food. Yet beneathContinue reading “Riches, Roots and the Roads Between 11/23/2025”
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Different Hands Held Down Different Halls 5/11/2025
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”
Long Ago and Not So Far Away 10/27/2024
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt It all started in the drop-off line of my daughter’s school. We were getting in some last-minute studying. Science was the topic at hand, and we were going over the parts and functions of the brain. We were discussing the two sides that control different aspects of a person’s thinking suchContinue reading “Long Ago and Not So Far Away 10/27/2024”
Eyes on the Past 3/12/2023
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I asked my daughter what I should write about this week. Her very humble suggestion was for me to write about her. I am not totally opposed to this. I questioned her further about what specifically I should write about and she said I should just tell about her day atContinue reading “Eyes on the Past 3/12/2023”
Then and Now 5/16/2021
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt My frequent readers will be accustomed to certain pervasive themes in my writing. I hope that you don’t find these repetitive motifs too off putting but I can’t really seem to help it. I guess asking me to stray from some of my more prevalent ideas would be akin to askingContinue reading “Then and Now 5/16/2021”
Watching the Clock 12/13/2020
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Is it just me, or does anyone else remember when it used to take roughly four years to get to this time every year? Maybe it was just the youthful imagination but I am quite certain that it took multiple years for us to get to the last pages of theContinue reading “Watching the Clock 12/13/2020”
Prose and Possibilities 