Long Hollow

Where seeds of thought have room to grow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Books

  • Playing Teacher. And Student.

    My first class is behind me, thank goodness. I really didn't know what to expect, even though I'm the teacher as well as the student. Actually, I didn't know what to expect because the teacher-me still hadn't quite figured out how it should go… Should I spend the entire time writing? If so, how much…

  • Finding the Right Balance

    Something about the start of a new school year always fires me up - I find myself making resolutions, setting goals, and getting organized as if it were New Year's Eve!  I think about starting projects that have been pushed from season to season and ultimately ignored all year, as if I have to get them done right NOW! Maybe it's leftover…

  • A Texas Night…Stories and Music Under the Stars

        Using my cell phone as a flashlight, Tom and I followed a dirt trail through oaks and junipers. A string of lights blinked at us through the boughs – a beacon in the darkness. I couldn't believe we forgot a flashlight. Or that I had worn my flip-flops. But we still worked our way up the steep rocky…

  • Acting Up – A Night in Vegas

        Last night I was drunk in Vegas, getting suckered in by a sidewalk hustler, even putting my football team on the line. I guess I should make it clear I was playing a part in my classmate's screenplay, having a blast getting into this middle-aged pushy tough guy character. I had two other parts to read,…

  • Is Longhollow in Narnia or Oz?

        According to our friend's GPS program, our house doesn't exist. No matter how he typed in our address…"Adrian Way", "Adrian Boulevard"…it said there was no such place. I knew we lived in a beautiful place…even magical at times…but I guarantee it's not Narnia or Oz. Our mail gets delivered, for goodness sakes. Granted, it's put in a…

  • I Miss READING

        I miss reading just for fun, what I want, and for as long as I want. Right now there are twenty more pages of the third (partial) screenplay I need to read and critique before tomorrow night waiting for me on the kitchen table, and then I need to work on my own, but I needed a…

  • A New Day, A New Year, A New Resolve

             My friend Nancy once told me to be careful what I did on New Year's Day, because that's what I'd be doing all year long. Her example was cleaning house, so for the past few years I've made sure I didn't spend the first day of the new year cleaning and cleaning.     Looking around…

  • An Anniversary of Sorts

        For the past few weeks, my mind has skipped back and forth from the present to the late 1800s…I've been separating my great-great-grandfather's memoir into fluorescent colors – green is his life from his first step across the Red River into Texas, through the Indian Wars and his cowboy days; orange takes over during the Civil…

  • Book Babes and Kirby’s 21st Birthday

        I think I have a new favorite blog – Book Babes. I admit I haven't read that much of it, but how can I resist a blog about BOOKS and MIDLIFE? Granted, I don't have much time to read, but that makes their blog even better – they do the screening for me and pick…

  • Mapping Our Lives and (not quite) meeting Moose

        Maps are of time, not place. Maps show not only where we're headed, but they show us where we've been. Without them we would not only lose our way, but our past as well.     No, I didn't write that. I stole it from the home page of the Save Texas History link from the Texas General Land…