Long Hollow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Hitting the road

  • New Beginnings

     "Every goodbye is a new beginning." ~ me (and probably a bunch of other people) This afternoon I said goodbye to an old friend: my grandmother's piano. A friend from high school bought it for her granddaughter. She met me at my parents' home today and I helped her load it onto a trailer.  (A…

  • 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,…

  • A Sweet Backtrack Through May and June… Part 2

      Okay, where was I? Oh, yes… May. Thank goodness I have photos to remind me of some of those sweet! moments from last month. Here we go…   Hanging out with your sister-in-law's precious shelter rescue "Penny" for 10 days. (She plopped down between my feet like that all on her own! I'm so grateful…

  • A Sweet Backtrack through May and June… Part 1

      Holy cow! A month has passed since my last post. How the heck did that happen? It's been a month full of so many things… Mother's Day, a wedding, rain in Austin, and a trip to Florida to name a few… each worthy of their own blog post. But at this late date 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…

  • New years, new phones, birthday wishes, and other overdue sweet!s

        First of all… Happy New Year! I can't believe this is my first post of 2015. I have had so many ideas for posts, but alas, no time to write or publish them. Have you picked a word for 2015? I have, but I'm going to save it for another post. I hope…

  • Silver Linings of a Not-So-Empty-Nest

      On Monday my middle son turned 26. He celebrated by taking the day off from work, sleeping in, and then relaxing on the back porch with Belle, reading and drinking his coffee.  He's definitely a child after my own heart.  The day started out a rainy one. But by the time Belle and I…

  • Can you hear it?

        Our grandfather clock is chiming midnight. Rain pours – no, roars – outside my window, just the kind of rain we need. A blessed sound, for sure. Every once in awhile I catch a flash of lightning in the distance. I've just finished a few things for work … or at least all I can…

  • Surprises…

        “God put us here, on this carnival ride. We close our eyes never knowing where it'll take us next.”  ~Carrie Underwood   There are good surprises, and there are bad surprises. Years ago I met a woman who impressed me with her beauty and bubbly personality. I didn't know her well, and haven't…

  • Daughters (and other sweet!s)

          They grow so fast, don't they? One minute they're crawling around on your stylish-at-the-time-rose-colored carpet, exploring and investigating… picking on their older brothers, trying to stir things up…cuddling in your arms because they're still shorter than you and easy to pick up… …and then suddenly they're wanting to explore far beyond your…