Long Hollow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Feeding the Spirit

  • Forgiveness in an Unforgiving World

      It’s the hardest thing to give awayAnd the last thing on your mind todayIt always goes to those that don’t deserve It’s the opposite of how you feelWhen the pain they caused is just too realIt takes everything you have just to say the word… ForgivenessForgiveness ~from "Forgiveness" by Matthew West   Can you…

  • Happy Thanksgiving, by George…

        Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him. - Psalm 95:2 (NLT) I sit here at my computer tonight, listening to the rain falling outside my window. I'm still full from roasted turkey and lots of carbs:  cornbread dressing (my mom's recipe); green bean casserole (doesn't really count…

  • Beaches, Beer, and other sweet!s

        Last weekend I spent a gorgeous weekend in Port Aransas, Texas, with dear friends, old and new. It was something like our 16th annual get-away, but I confess I've lost count.     There are only about 5 of us who have consistently escaped every year, no matter what was going on in…

  • Coach Christine and the Cosmos – the story continues…

    Once upon a time, I was a soccer mom, sweating or freezing on the sidelines, gripping the arms of my collapsible chair, or pacing up and down, trying my best to bite my tongue, when I couldn't sit still. And then TG joined the Cosmos, and Coach Christine took all of my angst onto her…

  • Silent Love and Friendship

      I was headed to Houston last Saturday … dreading the drive, the task ahead of me, and a whole day away from my business which I really can't afford at this time … when I spotted a Panda Express.  I decided to cheer myself up with an early lunch.  It was delicious, of course,…

  • Looking back from an Easter Sunday

      Howdy! Have you missed me? It's hard to believe it's been over two weeks since my last post. A lot has happened! But don't worry … I'll just give you the sweet! highlights, not all the boring details. First of all, it's Easter Sunday – Resurrection Sunday – for me, the source of all…

  • Treasure Boxes and other sweet!s…

      I drove Tom's truck to Houston on Saturday. The kids and I made a one-day trip there to continue sorting through things at my parents' house, my childhood home, where every square inch and every random object holds a special memory.  What to keep and what to sell from a lifetime of memories, when…

  • Embrace

      em·brace əmˈbrās/ verb     1.hold (someone) closely in one's arms, especially as a sign of affection.   2. accept or support (a belief, theory, or change) willingly and enthusiastically     Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.  ~William Shakespeare   "Embrace" is more than my…

  • Austin Winters and other sweet!s

    I just heard on the news that the first 15 days of January here in Austin set a record: so far it's officially the 10th coldest winter since 1897.  People who live up north, who have to live with snow from November through March, will probably laugh at that. I'm sure they think what we…

  • Merry Christmas, when the kids are grown…

       The pitter-patter of tiny feet woke me early on Christmas morning, but it wasn't the sound of excited little children as on Christmas mornings long ago. It was Belle, letting me know she was ready to go outside.  I granted her request, then crawled back into bed. That's one good thing about Christmas mornings…