Long Hollow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Blogging

  • I bet my “funny holiday road trip” story is better than yours!

    …and I'll even sweeten the bet with $200! Well, technically Blogher and Sprint will. I've partnered with Blogher to write for their product reviews program and the first assignment was to write about a funny holiday road trip. That was easy…I wrote about the trip we took to my husband Tom's youngest brother John's wedding…

  • How’d they know?

    I started dumping my thoughts and memories on paper when I was 8 years old and continued for years, on through high school, mostly in those little 5 year diaries with the flimsy locks. I ignored the boundary lines that were supposed to separate yearly entries…I sometimes used up several pages for one day. Sadly, when I moved…

  • Shakin’ Things Up

    I headed off for my walk before the sun even kissed the tops of the trees in the hollow today. The full moon started the magic of the morning…when I emerged from the bedroom, I was greeted with moonlight that splashed across the back deck and reached into the house through the French doors.  I hurried to…

  • Writing…and not writing

    I expected a stormy afternoon. Instead, blue skies and a brisk wind greeted me when I stepped outside after work…invigorating weather that makes you want to forget about to-do lists and go hiking in the woods. So that's what I did when I got home – I joined Tom and the boys for a walk…

  • Like Standing on Boo Radley’s Porch

    One of my favorite quotes in To Kill a Mockingbird is when Atticus says you should "climb into someone's skin and walk around in it" before judging them. The point is visually driven home in the movie when Scout stands on Boo Radley's porch seeing the world, or at least the neighborhood, from his point of view. For the…

  • “Every Step I’m Taking…”

    I'm a fifty-year-old, perimenopausal woman, clinging stubbornly to decades-old dreams of finishing college and making a living as a full-time writer. Imagine my surprise when I heard a song on the radio that seemed to express all of the jumbled emotions many women (and probably men) my age are feeling - disappointment, discouragement, determination, joy and hope – and…

  • “When you’re down and troubled…”

    “…and you need a helping hand. And nothing, nothing is going right…”     I used to cover for our church secretary every once in a while when she had to be out of the office. One of the best, but still toughest parts of the job was answering those calls from people who needed help…with…

  • The Confession

        When I was writing my last post, I wanted to link to video footage of my brother-in-law coaxing a confession from the murderer on the program “First 48.” I searched and searched without luck on the program’s website. Silly me..why didn’t I think of checking “You Tube”? My nieces and nephews had to tell me it…

  • Completing the Pass

               I haven't had time for writing this week – I can almost count the number of days until Kendall's graduation on one hand now, and for each one of them lately there's been some activity scheduled. Writing is a stress reliever for me, so no time for writing plus a hectic schedule means I'm feeling…

  • …in a galaxy far, far away…

        According to Mystery Man on Film, 32 years ago today, Star Wars was released in only 32 theaters. I don't remember the exact date of my first viewing – what I do remember is my brother Donnie telling me I HAD to see this movie. I think Donnie has only told me I HAD to do…