by Jamie Holloway | Jan 29, 2025 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I have been incredibly excited about Ina Garten’s memoir since I heard it was coming out in September of 2024. I find her graceful, elegant, and everything I wished I was, but sadly I am not. I am rough, I am tumble, I am made like a bull ox in a china shop. I...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 30, 2024 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, Products I Love, Supporting Each Other, The Magnificent Journey
Currently writing this post on Christmas Day! I am alone. Like I always am. I have gotten used to this new way of living. Since being chronically ill I have learned to live alone and do things alone. I am not happy about it. However, I...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 18, 2024 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
2024 has been a rough year in my writing life. I had high hopes of focusing on my writing, but my life had some chaos mixed in that I was not anticipating. That is why a few weeks ago when I received The Artist’s Way Toolkit by Julia Cameron I knew God was...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 30, 2024 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I have only heard about “meat pies” from my friend in Africa. He loves them. I was curious as to what they are, I was thinking is it like the chicken pot pies that my mom would make or were sold in the frozen section at the grocery store. Not only chicken pot pie...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 25, 2024 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I am writing this on October 25, 2025. It is 12:05 in the morning. I just got the message from my sister that my mom passed away and went home to be with Jesus and my dad. My emotions are irrational, and all over the place. The younger Jamie is having a fit and...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 6, 2024 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I recently got a bunch of blood work done. I discovered that I am low in iron and my protein levels are extremely low, especially albumin. This indicates I need to eat more protein and iron rich foods and take an iron supplement. Nutrition challenges me when it...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 2, 2024 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“Here for It” by Amy Weatherly and Jess Johnston, a book about friendship. Authentic, complicated, and beautiful friendships. I was not sure if I was going to like this book, but it had a great Queso recipe. I am glad I read it. I like how the chapters were structured...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 20, 2024 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
When I first read Mary Oliver’s poem “Wild Geese” I fell in love with her work. I was 25 at the time and living a painful life. Her poems, balm to my soul during painful moments in my life. For my birthday, my sister/friend Summer gifted me “Devotions”. Her latest...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 29, 2024 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Jill Eileen Smith’s latest novel is on Noah’s Ark but done through Noah’s Wife, daughter in laws, and son’s perspective. I enjoyed this novel, like I have of the others Smith has written on Bible stories done through the woman’s perspective. I can tell...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 24, 2024 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I usually love historical novels and I was excited when I first received “The Seamstress of Acadie” by Laura Frantz. I just could not get into this book. I hate speaking unkindly about a book. I am not sure if it was the story or the writing. It just didn’t...