Long Hollow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Call me Grandma BiBi

  • Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and a bunch of sweet!s

        The sky put on a grand finale sunset outside my window as I started reflecting on this past year.  However, it doesn't take a lot of reflection to know that 2018 will go down in history as one of my favorite years. It's the year I became a grandmother!    Watching Little C…

  • And the lessons continue… (Happy birthday, Mama!)

      It didn't hit me until today, but I'm sure my mom must have been a bit nervous as the birth of my first child drew close. After all… I had been the baby of our family… and relished the role As a little girl, I preferred stuffed animals to baby dolls. My only two…

  • Before we go any farther into November…

      … let's take a step back to October. I need to finish a post I started weeks ago, because October is one of my favorite months, for lots of reasons…  Although we met in September, it was in October that we knew we were in love.      Aren't we cute? Sigh. That's probably…

  • “Is, then, September come so soon?”

        Is, then, September come so soon?Full time doth summer ne'er abide?While yet it seems but summer's noon,We're floating down the autumn tide. ~Eunice E. Comstock, The Atlantic Monthly, October 1873   Is it just me, or did Summer just set a new record for "Fastest Season Ever"?  Temperatures are still climbing to 100 degrees…

  • Call me BiBi (Have I mentioned I’m a grandmother?)

        Yes, yes. I know I've already mentioned it, but hey, I'm a grandmother now, so you'll probably hear about it a lot!  It's hard for me to believe, but my grandson will soon celebrate his 1 month birthday. He is still mostly just eating and sleeping and growing, but it's so amazing to…