Long Hollow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Food and Drink

  • Post-Thanksgiving…Pre-Christmas

    The turkey soup landed in the garbage can tonight. I was sad to see it go…it was the first Leftover-Turkey Soup I've ever made, and it was good! But Tom and I can only eat so much…and then only so much of the same thing for just so many days in a row. That's one of…

  • A Not-Quite-Treasure Hunt and My Favorite Color, Gruene…

    I have a million things to do before company arrives this afternoon, but I have done a wonderful job ignoring them so far…I slept in, and then it was such a gorgeous morning that Tom and I had to take the critters for a walk (these days, with Charly, there's no way to rush that.) And…

  • The Deepwater Weekend Report

    I blinked and a week vanished. At this very time a week ago, I was sitting in my parents' house…specifically at the kitchen table. Tom and I were there to celebrate my mother's birthday, although she didn't actually turn 78 until yesterday (Friday the 13th…a lucky day in our family!) but she graciously agreed to have a pre-celebration last…

  • Spirits Bound by Timeless Love and Sweetness

    This past weekend – a glorious Texas-style autumn weekend of golden sunshine, blue skies, vivid sunsets and star-filled nights – my house was filled with laughter and voices that have kept me company off and on for more than 30 years…some for more than 40…bringing back memories of those first slumber parties when we ate…

  • My List

    I just stumbled through the door, home after an afternoon of shopping with Kendall…after breakfast and lunch with precious friends…after a night of just 5 hours of sleep because I wanted to enjoy every minute I had with these 'girls' of my youth who gathered at my house for the weekend to celebrate Ann's birthday.…

  • “My Friends Meet Shake Russell and All I Get is a You-Tube Video”…or “Where’s a Teleporter When You Need One?”

    I'm not really whining. Well, okay, I am a little. It just seems that sometimes everything happens at once, doesn't it? Here's the story… For months I've been looking forward to this past weekend…my friends Tully and Brad were coming to Austin and a bunch of us were going to meet downtown. Then came the call…

  • A Week of My Favorite Things…

    …birthdays, seeing my kids (2 out of 3, anyway), beautiful sunsets, yellow and purple flowers, sunshine, ping-pong, Dirty Dancing and sore muscles… Yes, sore muscles. I've been wanting to rev up my work-out, but couldn't afford a personal trainer. Thanks to Self.com, I started a new, more intense, work-out this week, and for the first time…

  • Lucky 21 (I Hope)

    I've been traveling back in time via memories today, helped along by dusty baby books and photo albums. It's Daniel's 21st birthday. I'll see him in person tomorrow night. Tom and I will head downtown and take him out to eat. I'll also surprise him with the not-so-healthy "fruit" of last night's labor - hours of my labor…

  • OMG!

    All we really hoped for on this tenth anniversary of my "Lago Women, Etc." getaway to the coast was that everyone arrived safely. We knew, rain or shine, we'd have fun. Well, the weekend far surpassed my expectations, to say the least! Thanks to nine previous weekends like this, we have tons of unforgettable memories tucked away,…

  • A Weekend of Faithful Hands

    Oh, the comfort — the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person — having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the…