Long Hollow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Indulgence

  • Friday Night Lights (A Winter Day in the Texas Hill Country)

        Well, these were actually taken last night, Thursday. I traveled with a bunch of Keller Williams colleagues via bus to Fredericksburg for a day of shopping, a wine-tasting, and then a stop in Johnson City on the way home to ooh-and-aah over the lights.     With temperatures below freezing and a wind…

  • Chicken and Rice Casserole, a la Terry Boer and Campbell!

    http://ads.blogherads.com/65/6567/campaigns/14/1426/1426662/x90.js   The index card is yellow and splotched, the ink faded, but considering all of the action it's seen over the past twenty years, it's amazing it's still around at all, much less legible. When not in use, I keep it tucked in a small recipe box with other favorites, mostly one-pan wonders where…

  • Saturday Nights and other sweet!s

        There was roast pig and birthday cake. Wine and dancing.   A gorgeous sunset over the hills.    A warm fire. Familiar faces. Laughter and hugs.   50th birthdays are the best! I love helping friends celebrate them, especially when it means I get to spend time with my son and daughter-in-law…    …

  • Not-So-Hidden Treasure

    I've been driving in, around, and through Austin for almost 20 years now, but for the most part, I have traveled the same routes over and over and over. Lately, I've been venturing out into unknown territory so that I'm better acquainted this wonderful city and its neighborhoods, and that's how I discovered this vintage…

  • Slow down, you move too fast…

      It wasn't a dramatic sunset, just soft faded blues and pinks, that grew deeper and darker as the sun slipped out of sight. I could have gone to the movies with friends tonight. Instead, I opted to stay home and take care of some crabby gray-haired to-do's and head off a few youngsters that…

  • New Careers, Full Moons, Church Bazaars, and other sweet!s

    Long ago I dreamed of having the job I have now…only I didn't know what it was at the time. Does that make sense? As with any entrepreneurial endeavor, it's agonizingly slow getting started, but I'm confident in my abilities and that I'm on the right track. That's sweet! all by itself. (But if you,…

  • Five Things on Friday

        1. Wildflowers are blooming like it's springtime instead of autumn. Plants I thought had died are sprouting blossoms again. Maybe it's like this every year, and I just forget. That's okay. I love the surprise of it! 2. Waller Creek runs through Austin down to Lady Bird Lake. Near downtown, it's dirty, stinky,…

  • Dreaming of Sandcastles and Sweet Sunrises

    Usually the Monday following four incredible days full of sunshine in Port Aransas with twenty friends is a Monday in every sense of the word. But today hasn't been bad at all…except that it's too short. With everything going on in my life right now, I really didn't have time to slip away and lounge…

  • After every storm the sun will smile…

    "After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer." ~ William R. Alger We finally had enough rain this week to leave small pools in limestone bed of Long Hollow creek and set the frogs singing in celebration of…

  • Six Things on Saturday

      1. Wednesday night, as I drove home from a meeting, the huge Harvest Moon broke through the clouds, beaming bright on the road ahead of me. I relished the beauty of it, but would you believe I didn't even think about grabbing my camera when I got home? Something must be wrong with me.…