Long Hollow

Where seeds of thought have room to grow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Indulgence

  • Sunday afternoons and belated sweets

      Just before sunset this afternoon, I escaped to the front porch swing with a glass of wine and a long-lost book from my childhood. I'd spent the day taking care of the dogs, going to church, fixing one of my signs that got knocked over by city mowers, visitng my mom, and finally making…

  • 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…

  • They’ve landed! (…and other sweet!s)

    For the past week or so I've been living vicariously through a couple of my kids. Again. My son and his wife have now experienced the beauty, beer, food, art, sights and sounds of Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Amsterdam. And through the wonders of technology, I've been able to tag along through their photos and…

  • Sisters (and other sweet!s)

      It would have been intimidating growing up with such a beautiful big sister if she had been the type to criticize or belittle. But I was blessed with Brenda.      Sure, she liked to tease me sometimes, and even lost her temper with me once or twice, but given that I was a…

  • Piddle-farting on the 4th of July

    I'm rocking out on my back deck (literally…in my rocking chair), sipping iced coffee, listening to a few birds chattering nearby. It's a hot summer day, but I'm in the shade. It feels great, thanks to a breeze. My grandpuppy Josie lies nearby. Her mama and daddy are off on an adventure and we were happy…

  • Happy Birthday, Long Hollow…and other long overdue sweet!s

      Today is life – the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto. ~Dale Carnegie   On my left, a chuck-will's-widow sang to the sliver moon hanging in the dusky sky.…

  • Hello, Frio…and other sweet!s of the past week

      I spent a long, lazy weekend with friends I've known since high school (several much longer than that)… just lying around a pool, eating, drinking, talking about our health issues, our parent issues, and whatever other issues happened to be on our minds.  (Hence, I learned a whole lot about the benefits of extra…

  • Being a Mom…and sweet!s of the week

    For most of this day, I sat at my kitchen table, close to all of my kids plus my mom, constantly giving thanks that I could do so. I can't think of a better way to spend Mother's Day. I am blessed and I know it.    "I got to grow up with a mother…

  • Whew! I made it! (and other sweet!s in a birthday week)

      Considering it's past midnight on a long Tuesday…which means it's actually Wednesday…which means this post is at least two days late…this sweet! list is going to be a little more blurry and jumbly than most. My excuse is I'm a whole year older than I was last week…which means time is going by ten…

  • My Bluebonnet Fix (and other sweets of the week)

          This is one of my favorite times of the year, when bluebonnets appear almost overnight, splashing the roadsides as if the sky leaked blue. I spend a lot of time driving those roads and I've been aching to stop and say hello to our brief visitors. They'll be gone in just a…