Long Hollow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Friendship

  • Out of the Silence, Music

    Out of the silence, Music. Out of the darkness, Light. Out of uncertainty, Promise. Merry Christmas Eve, everyone. This verse came to me via email, a Christmas card from a friend. I love the simplicity of it and wanted to share it with you. I'm bleary-eyed and worn out, still working my way down a neglected…

  • A Happy Holiday Blogtastic Shout-Out to Jillsy Girl

    When Kate at Recommended Daily Dose invited me to participate in this year's Happy Holiday Blogtastic Shout-Out, I immediately thought of Jill and her blog, Jillsy Girl. I really can't remember how it started … did I leave the first comment or did she? However it happened, I know I'm the one who has benefited most…

  • A Twirling Good Time

    I experienced another dream come true Friday night, one I had given up on long ago, and I owe it all to a tall, bearded stranger in a red sweater. No, it wasn't Santa. This tall stranger's name was Phil (or Bill…the music was loud and my hearing isn't what it used to be!) Phil/Bill…

  • Rocking in the Hangar – a Christmas tradition

    I didn't see my camera hit the concrete; it all happened way too fast…the oh-crap look on Tom's face, the metallic clunk that made me wince. By the time my eyes caught up to it, it already lay still and naked on the hangar floor, staring up at me, the lens skidding several feet away.…

  • What’s in Your Box?

    It's been a morning of sadness for me. A morning for shedding tears. Several emails waited quietly in line to inform me that a friend from my DuPont days was killed over the weekend.  Roger wasn't one of my closest friends out there – I'm not sure if we ever even worked the same shift,…

  • A little of this, a little of that…

    …makes a great pot of chili! A cold front dropped in for a visit this weekend and has decided to stick around for a few days, so Tom and I took advantage of it tonight and made our first pot of Winter 2010 Chili. We made a great team – he browned the meat and…

  • Boosam and other pieces of my life, circa 71-73

    A high school classmate passed away this week. Becky. A friend noticed the obituary and sent it to a group of us via email. We're not sure how she died – I suspect it had something to do with her heart since donations to Go Red for Women were suggested. She was living in Italy.…

  • Separation Anxiety

    Who's going to cook me dinner? Tom just looked at me and smiled. Are you going to cook up some casseroles, label them with the days of the week and freeze them for me? He laughed.I think he thought I was joking. Well, sure…I was…a little bit…  He's off, away on his own for a…

  • When we were young…

    Young love, young bodies. Before pregnancy and childbirth and knee surgeries and varicose veins. Before car wrecks and hernias and headaches and heart stents. When there was… …enough money… …enough energy… …enough time for all of our dreams to come true.   Man, how time flies! But, you know… Our love might not be young.…

  • Poetry, Music and definitions of Success

    Last Thursday I sat in a small club with friends listening to a harmony of poetry, guitars, a bass and a mandolin… The music and words danced together…took me by the hand and pulled me along on a journey… They reached into my heart, triggering long-lost memories and emotions. But then, out of no where,…