Long Hollow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Call me mom

  • Waiting

    I settled into cubicle #14 to wait. In my bag I had two books, a spiral notebook with plenty of blank pages, the local newspaper, a bottle of water, some peanuts, walnuts, almonds and a granola bar. I have experience waiting… …I think the first time was soon after we were married; he broke his ankle…

  • It’s Christmas Eve-Eve

    Up until today, I've managed to miss out on all of that holiday stress that's hitting so many people. We're not really doing gifts, so I haven't worried about that. Lord knows we don't need all the calories from fresh baked cookies, so I haven't started baking yet (we'd eat them all, and I'd have…

  • A Belated Friday (or Saturday) Favorite Photo

    Yesterday morning when I started out on my walk with the dogs, the sun was just an orange candle glow barely cutting through the darkness on the horizon. I could barely see the road, and if the dogs stepped off of the white caliche, forget it – they just melted into the black on either…

  • A weekend with dogs and twenty-somethings

    This was my kind of weekend, nicely balanced between live music, dancing, socializing with friends, and just hanging out, spending low-key time at the house with (some of) the kids and Tom. Oh, and dogs. Lots of dog time, too. Oldest son Tommy arrived first from Dallas. A few hours and a movie later, his…

  • Home Again – My Friday Favorite

    Today I'm just living, as in focusing on each moment, especially the good ones, and not letting myself get swept away into the next one too quickly. It's been a crazy, snowball week with lots of emotional ups and downs and too many hours away from home. I've lit three candles in the church in…

  • My Daily Reminder

    A gift from TG for my birthday years ago… Each time I grab my keys, I see it and think of her and everything else I have to be grateful for…which is a lot, when I take the time to think about it. And I do, thanks to TG. I think of the potential of…

  • A Quarter Century? Really?

    Back then it was chocolate cake, candles, games and presents. I would be stressing about having the house ready, the cake ready, the presents wrapped, enough games, food and movies to fill the time so the house wasn't destroyed by bored little boys and girls. We would have a pinata filled with candy and pray…

  • “The Chase” (performance and choreography by Max and Belle)

      Act 1 After it!   Act 2 Hmmm…where did it go? Act 3 Mom knows everything – go ask her! Ah, those dogs. Constant entertainment! And so creative! Today I'm grateful for the sunshine (once again) and the chance to live out here where we can walk along dry creek beds and deserted dirt…

  • Friday Favorites – Halloweens Past (plus a prayer for my Daddy)

    It's Halloween weekend, and you won't find a single witch, ghost, goblin, or scarecrow on the premises…there's not even a pumpkin on my porch, much less a jack-o-lantern. No, I'm not against Halloween. I love it! It's always been one of my favorite holidays! (And I do not believe that means I'm a bad Christian.) I hated when…

  • A Lazy Saturday, like a kiss on top

    Our adventures on 6th Street with friends made this a special weekend, but squeezed into the center of my Friday and Saturday night jaunts downtown, like a melted chocolate kiss pressed into the top of a Cyclops Cookie, was a lazy afternoon spent hanging out with 2/3 of my kids, Tom, and the dogs… relaxing…