By: Jennifer Richardson Holt My daughter said I should write about ice cream. She gave me this advice one night while we were standing in the backyard, looking up at the sky. I pondered the idea and tried to see where it would take me. I ended up with a stream of consciousness that, honestly,Continue reading “Of Ice Cream and Sacred Simplicity 8/3/2025”
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The In-Between Time 7/27/2025
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I heard an analogy the other day that rang very true. This writer described the feeling of that moment when you’re in the last few minutes of a movie or maybe only have one chapter remaining of a novel and you start to worry. There is a certain anxiety that isContinue reading “The In-Between Time 7/27/2025”
Ghosts of Summers Past
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt My daughter has now finished her 3rd grade school year and summer is upon us. Even she commented on how quickly it seems to have gone by. It feels like we should be maybe mid-February or early March in the school year. Like we’ve been back since Christmas for a whileContinue reading “Ghosts of Summers Past”
A Dying Breed 8/11/2024
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt It all started with a holiday on the lake. And by holiday, I mean the vacation sense of the word, not so much the specially marked day on the calendar. I am fortunate enough to have a lake roughly thirty minutes from my home that has 750 miles of shoreline. IContinue reading “A Dying Breed 8/11/2024”
A Seasonal Sip 6/5/2022
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I spent a small span of time last weekend at a baseball field. It was the closing ceremonies for the local youth baseball league and my daughter was ending her first ever T-ball season with a trophy and a field day. So, there we all were a myriad of parents, siblings,Continue reading “A Seasonal Sip 6/5/2022”
Sweet Relief 7/19/2020
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt Summer in the south. It’s a…potent event. Sure, it makes for great tans and ridiculous amounts of fun in various bodies of water but there are times that it is pretty convincing that somehow our beloved Earth has switched places with Mercury and is now so close to the sun thatContinue reading “Sweet Relief 7/19/2020”
Porch Sessions 6/14/2020
By: Jennifer Richardson Holt There is thunder and driving rain outside my window. If I am not mistaken they are the remnants of a tropical storm. I could very well be mistaken and it could just be standard summer afternoon weather, considering on most any given day during a southern summer there is the goodContinue reading “Porch Sessions 6/14/2020”
Prose and Possibilities 