The Crown and the Blade 10/5/2025

By: Jennifer Richardson Holt My daughter is an avid reader. In this, she is very much like her mother. Few things delight her more than being swept into a good story. Yet she’s still at the age where reading can sometimes feel a little too much like schoolwork, so she occasionally needs encouragement to pickContinue reading “The Crown and the Blade 10/5/2025”

A Weight Borne and Lifted 9/11/2022

By: Jennifer Richardson Holt The world changed this week.  I think most everyone noticed but the reactions were quite varied. An era ended.  Something I have known as a constant all my life went away. I am sure that you have guessed by now the event of which I speak. This week the Queen completedContinue reading “A Weight Borne and Lifted 9/11/2022”

Beyond the Ocean Blue 12/5/2021

By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Today’s blog is going to seem rather random. And yes, I did chuckle a bit as I typed that because, let us be honest, we know that is a moniker that can be applied to the majority of my writing.  What I am going to talk about today is something IContinue reading “Beyond the Ocean Blue 12/5/2021”

Of Crown and Cotton 7/26/2020

By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Both my parents grew up picking cotton.  My mother’s family did so in the Appalachian foothills of northeastern Alabama. I am not entirely sure how they managed much by way of field agriculture there considering the rock to dirt ratio is roughly 200 to 2 but somehow apparently her family managedContinue reading “Of Crown and Cotton 7/26/2020”