Long Hollow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Call me mom

  • Evolution of a Career Woman

        I'm home from my first real estate class. I don't count the one Tom and I took when I was pregnant with our firstborn. That was almost thirty years ago…and to be honest, it just didn't click with me at the time…maybe because I was pregnant, attending class after working a twelve-hour shift.…

  • Music, and Sweet Summer Nights

       Strong lager and some early Zep tunes.  I ask thee, is there a better way to spend an evening?  ~Author Unknown Well, I wasn't drinking strong lager, and they weren't early Zep tunes, but I did spend a great Wednesday evening listening to rock and blues, watching the sun go down in Austin's Zilker…

  • The Simple Things are the Sweetest

    Dawn is waking to rain and thunder this morning. She must have pulled the covers back over her head because the Hollow is still dark outside my window, except for occasional flashes of lightning. On a normal morning, the puppies and I would already be out on the dirt road, saying hello to the new…

  • Sons, Sunday mornings, and other sweet!s

    I'm not proud to admit this, but I missed church this morning because of the rain.  Right about the time Daniel and I were going to head out the door (Tom was still snoozing!) – already running late because we had to let the terrified dogs into the laundry room – the break in the…

  • Movies (and other sweet!s)

    The past few days have been a blur between working at the winery, job applications, taking care of the puppies, a little bit of writing…and watching movies. I've watched four since Friday night and I'll be watching another one in just a few minutes. I'm not sure if I've ever watched that many in such…

  • The Sugar on Top, Part 2 – Happy 80th Birthday, Mom!

    Today is my beautiful mother-in-law's 80th birthday. She didn't want a big celebration, although she deserves it after raising nine boys into nine wonderful men. …Probably because that would tempt all nine boys plus their families to converge on her house (or nearby vicinity) all at once…and even for a wonderful mother, that's a lot…

  • Raindrops and Photo Shoots

    Saturday morning I woke to the sound of rain. Lots and lots of rain. I staggered to my computer and pulled up radar of our area. A huge green and yellow blob was blinking its way straight for us. A blessing for sure in this time of drought, two days in a row of serious…

  • Five Things from La-La Land

    Linking with A Rural Journal's Random 5 Friday    1.    This card, full of words of love and encouragement and inspiration, waited for me in the mailbox earlier this week, a precious gift from my friend Rae.  How could I not share them with you, because the words are true for all of us,…

  • Longhorns and other sweet!s

        Yesterday I helped a friend celebrate her son Ryan's graduation from the University of Texas.  We enjoyed beer, barbecue, and a cake decorated like Big Bertha, the large drum wheeled around at halftime performances, because Ryan was on the Big Bertha team for the Longhorn Band. I got to see all of my…

  • Five Things on a Friday Night. And a Puppy.

      1. You know you're getting old when, instead of taking friends up on an invitation to listen to live music on a Friday night after work, you walk your friend's dogs, eat dinner alone at Panda Express, pick up a few things at Walmart, and make brownies for your friend's son's college graduation party…