Long Hollow

Where seeds of thought have room to grow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

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  • Fall into Me

    This morning I planted prayer requests in my virtual world; within moments, sweet thoughts and assurance of prayer blossomed before my eyes. I believe prayer is powerful, and I believe the prayer and good wishes that joined my own today get a lot of the credit for my sister's surgery being so successful. Full recovery…

  • Nests, Webs, and Blue Drumsticks

    These arrived on our doorstep a few days ago… I have no idea who sent them. Tom says it wasn't him … he thought I ordered them for myself. I swear when I said "will someone send me some blue drumsticks?" I never expected anyone to actually do it! From now on, I know to…

  • On Secrets

    Can you keep a secret? I can.  I don't always like it … Secrets can be heavy, weighing on your mind, sometimes your heart, especially when someone asks you to help them carry a secret full of pain, but then forgets to let you know when everything is fine and dandy again so you can…

  • A Nose Update, No Sleep, and other Thursday Tidbits

    The Nose I can't imagine – don't want to imagine – how it feels to have big chunks of plastic shoved up your nose filling up the entire space so that you need to breathe through your mouth but your throat is in red, raw agony from the trach tube shoved down it a week…

  • Hits and Misses of 2010

    What I love about blogging is being able to scroll through my past weeks, months, years, refreshing my tired memory on the details of my life. What annoys me about blogging is finding discrepancies and contradictions in my own words. Yesterday, out of curiosity, I glanced at my entries for January 2010. To my surprise, I actually made…

  • A Happy Holiday Blogtastic Shout-Out to Jillsy Girl

    When Kate at Recommended Daily Dose invited me to participate in this year's Happy Holiday Blogtastic Shout-Out, I immediately thought of Jill and her blog, Jillsy Girl. I really can't remember how it started … did I leave the first comment or did she? However it happened, I know I'm the one who has benefited most…

  • Star Light, Star Bright… (or Gemini-Cricket!)

      Tom came home with a horrible headache last night and went straight to bed. I felt bad for him, but that's not what this post is about. It's about stars. And wishing upon stars. Because he was out of commission, I took over his nightly chores, which included feeding the puppies. And that's how…

  • Stockings Stuffed and Overflowing…

    When I was growing up, we didn't hang stockings – we didn't have a fireplace, for one thing, but it just wasn't part of our tradition. But I learned about stockings from Dickens and other writers, and I didn't like being left out, especially if it held the potential for more gifts, so I made…

  • Oh, it’s you again, Monday…

    It's not a good idea to stay up late, late, late Sunday night working at the computer when you need to get up early, early, early Monday morning for work. So now you know how my Monday started…with bloodshot eyes and plenty of yawns and scrambling to be on time. When will I learn? I…

  • Poetry, Music and definitions of Success

    Last Thursday I sat in a small club with friends listening to a harmony of poetry, guitars, a bass and a mandolin… The music and words danced together…took me by the hand and pulled me along on a journey… They reached into my heart, triggering long-lost memories and emotions. But then, out of no where,…