Long Hollow

Where seeds of thought have room to grow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Just Beauty

  • A Sweet Saturday Morning

      My kids will be here today.  That was the first thought that crossed my mind when I woke up this morning. And I awoke without the usual pre-waking symphony of dueling alarm clocks.  The sun had already made itself at home in the Hollow. Belle sat patiently outside the door, staring, waiting for a sign…

  • Blurry Days and Short Lists

    Confession time: My tree is still bare. Also, and much worse, I'm guilty of only haphazardly noting my sweet!s this week. The days just melted into each other. I jotted a few on random pieces of paper around the house, but most never got past the good intentions stage and the memory is gone. Why…

  • Mastering the Fine Art of Procrastination

    If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done. ~ John Lubbock It's all John Lubbock's fault that my Christmas decorations still languish in boxes piled in the middle of the living room. Instead of…

  • Sweet Relief

    I almost didn't publish this post. Late this afternoon my sister called me at work to let me know Daddy was heading to the hospital via ambulance again. Another suspected stroke. Even if I had the time to post my collected sweet!s of the week, it just didn't seem right when I had such a heavy…

  • You’ll Find Me Out on the Limb

    I spent too many years day-dreaming near the tree's trunk, playing it safe, following guidelines I formed for myself (from who knows where) on how I should act, what I should do, who I should be. Then Fifty drew near, in all her daring glory, taunting me, teasing me, luring me out onto the limb because,…

  • Leaves for Leontien

      I'm adding these leaves to a bouquet Nancy at A Rural Journal is gathering for fellow blogger Leontien at Four Leaf Clover Dairy , to show her she's in the hearts and minds of many. Leontien is battling melanoma for the second time. The leaves are budding from a tree near the creek we thought we'd lost…

  • Muddling along on a Monday…

    I woke in darkness yesterday morning. A thunderstorm paid us a surprise visit in the middle of the night, giving us the whole shebang… lightning, wind, huge thunder booms and buckets of rain. Great snuggling weather.  But a power outage, when you need to get ready for church and work, makes you realize how much…

  • A Morning Off

    Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers, why not gather your own bouquet? ~ unknown     For the first time in almost a week, I went for a walk with my puppies this morning. I had a chance to work at the elementary school, but I turned it down, and I've only…

  • Till We Meet Again, Port A!

    I just returned from my annual retreat with girlfriends to the coast – our 13th or 14th now, I can't remember which – where the sight and sound of the ocean renews my soul and invigorates my spirit. The bonding of girlfriends… the food… the kiss of the sun on my skin… the birds and…

  • Rainy Days, for a change

    Gray clouds arrived in our area Thursday, causing flash floods just down the road, washing away boat docks that had been sitting on dry ground for two years… long enough for grass to grow underneath. Drought to flood – that's how it goes around here lately. I took this on Thursday morning. I stood on…