Long Hollow

Where seeds of thought have room to grow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Friendship

  • Relaxation, Regret, and Rejection (and lots of “firsts”)

    I caught a glimpse of the blushing horizon through my window this morning… a soft orange-pink glow just above the tree line, so similar to the sunrises that greeted me the past three mornings, except they reflected on the shimmery surface of of the Gulf of Mexico and led into days of sun and fun…

  • Good Mondays (and long, long Tuesdays)

    Monday was a good day. Despite being out of coffee (remembering as soon as I stepped into the kitchen that it was the main reason I planned to go to the grocery store after shopping with TG the night before) the lightning, thunder and expletives a morning without fresh hot coffee would normally trigger stayed…

  • And Facebook Scores Again!

    I skipped my work-out. Shorted the dogs on their walk. I had to start work early yesterday to make up for a planned midday break – a lunch date with a junior high friendship memory, brought back to life, thanks to Facebook. Some people would question the use of the word "friend" in this case.…

  • What a weekend! Where do I start?

    I think I'll start with today, a Monday which has redeemed all prior Mondays in my eyes (even though it's not technically part of the weekend) and move backwards for a change.  No, I didn't win the lottery or anything. We're still as broke as ever.. monetarily, anyway. And no, I didn't get another Monday…

  • Sun(day), Wind and Water

    "You and Tom want to go out on the boat tomorrow after Mass?" "Sure!" To-do list? What to-do list? Faces of Procrastination… Well, there's always Monday… or Tuesday… or Wednesday…  

  • Meet the Walburg Boys (and a Saturday To-Do List)

    Tom and I hit the highway last night to experience a Central Texas gem we had no idea even existed until now – the Walburg Restaurant and Biergarten. I was kicking myself (in between dances) that we'd never been before. Tom danced with me, but while those fast polkas start my toes tapping, he became…

  • Divas and Sunshine – Just What the Doctor Ordered

    I've been packing a lot into my life lately, both by choice and necessity. I've been skimping on sleep at a time when I need to be getting more, stressing over finances, kids and property/neighbor issues. But there are times when skimping on sleep is exactly the right thing to do – especially if it's…

  • No Time-Squandering here, Ben

    Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of. ~Benjamin Franklin I don't think I'm guilty of time-squandering. Even with my tennis shoes on, Time is outrunning me these days. Another weekend has snuck up on me and I haven't really mentioned the last one. Maybe I just…

  • Roy and The River

    I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. DIANE ACKERMANAmerican writer and naturalist, present day     Remember that Garth Brooks song, "The River"? It popped into my head this morning and is…

  • It’s Monday – can you feel it, too?

    I'm not going to make any excuses for this draggy, Monday-blah feeling I have. It's my own fault. I know it. I'm trying to do too much, but I have no regrets, despite the lack of sleep, and I refuse to cut anything out. Yet. So this is a Monday post – kind of a…