Long Hollow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Hitting the road

  • Parades, Freedom, and other sweet!s…

        "I been one poor correspondent, and I been too, too hard to find, but it doesn't mean you ain't been on my mind." ~ America, "Sister Golden Hair" Despite good intentions, I don't blog as much as I'd like anymore, or have time to visit those of my favorite bloggers. But I'm hanging on to…

  • A Triple Celebration Day… and other sweet!s

        Starting a sweet! journal was a great idea! For once, I've remembered to record them every day. (At least for three weeks. But I think that's a record.) I keep the journal open on my bathroom counter. Every evening I'm reminded to reflect on the day and the blessings I've received. It's funny how…

  • Promises Kept… a sweet catch-up

    A few days ago, I traded my phone for an umbrella when I took Belle for our morning run/walk down our dirt road. And that's why I don't have a photo of  the most beautiful rainbow … a perfect arch above the horizon, and below it, a summer-blue sky that winked at me from behind stormy gray clouds,…

  • First Came Love…

    First came love…     Then came marriage…    Then came Tommy in a baby carriage! (After a few years of pre-children fun, of course. And a new perm.)     Okay, you can’t really see Tommy in that one, but trust me, he’s in there. Here’s a better one.     Oh my gosh, isn’t he precious?  …

  • A weekend of birthday celebrations and away they go again…

        My oldest and his beautiful wife are somewhere over the Pacific Ocean right now, traveling to New Zealand with another couple for a trip of a lifetime, one they've dreamed about for years. I would say "the" trip of a lifetime, but these two have already spent Oktoberfest in Munich, honeymooned in Italy,…

  • Oh, October…

          Yes, I realize we're already a third of the way through November, but I'm still recovering from October. Was it just me, or did October take more than it's fair share of the year? It seemed much longer than 31 days.  Granted, my October dance card was not just full, but taking backups. But still……

  • 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…

  • Oktoberfest, Lago Vista Style!

        St. Mary Our Lady of the Lake's Oktoberfest tradition started way before we moved to Lago Vista. Some of the aspects of it change from year to year, but overall it remains the same in two areas: 1. it's a lot of fun 2. it's the main fundraiser for our small church Those…

  • Every evening at 5:30…

        Did you know that every evening at 5:30 pm on Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, the Star-Spangled Banner is played over loudspeakers, and at the first note, everyone stops walking, talking, or whatever they are doing to salute the closest United States flag, whether they can actually see it or not?…

  • How do you hug a house?

      So, house, we love thee, as we could not loveA palace wherein no pulse of love had struck,Where farewells had not been—and whereNo busy memories haunt the vacant rooms.~J.J. Britton (1832–1913), "A Home"       I'm nearing the end of this summer's journey of clearing out my parents' home. My childhood home.   …