Long Hollow

Where seeds of thought have room to grow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: peace, love and understanding

  • Embrace

      em·brace əmˈbrās/ verb     1.hold (someone) closely in one's arms, especially as a sign of affection.   2. accept or support (a belief, theory, or change) willingly and enthusiastically     Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.  ~William Shakespeare   "Embrace" is more than my…

  • There is a Bridge: Love, Music, and Earthly Angels

      A friend shared this on Facebook yesterday.  It was so moving, so glorious, and such a beautiful illustration of Love, that I knew right away I wanted to share it with all of you, as well.  Searching for it on You Tube just now, I discovered it's actually 5 years old, so perhaps you've…

  • Don’t worry. I got this.

    "Lord, if your people need me, I will not refuse the work. Your will be done." ~St. Martin of Tours     My big brother Buster was headed to Viet Nam, saying his goodbyes, when I stood beside him in this photograph and smiled. I had no idea what was ahead of him. This was…

  • I took a walk…

      After a long day of driving and showing houses to clients all over Austin, then a never-long-enough visit with my mom, I arrived back home yesterday evening just as the sun started its goodbyes. The light was golden, the sky a crisp and an ever-deepening blue.  I set aside the list of things I…

  • Moving forward, but not forgetting…

      Lord, take me where you want me to go;Let me meet who you want me to meet;Tell me what you want me to say; andKeep me out of your way. – Fr. Mychal Judge, FDNY (died 9/11/01)     Every year in late September, early October, I head to the coast with a group…

  • Ky, my friend

      “It was an odd friendship, but the oddnesses of friendships are a frequent guarantee of their lasting texture.” ~Ford Madox Ford   First thing this morning,  my heart was broken. I was preparing to do my homework for a class, had barely started eating my cereal, when I checked my email and saw the…

  • Memorial Day…memories and gratitude

      Thanks to you… …I slept in a little this morning, until the impatient sunlight pestered me awake. …I walked with the dogs along a country road, safe and free. …I'll spend time with my family, maybe play some ping-pong with my kids or watch a movie.  Thanks to you… …I grew up in a…

  • Easter Sweet

      We shared Easter dinner with all of our kids today, no small feat once your kids get married and other families expect to see them on the holidays, too.  It's been a busy week. Besides Mama's hospital adventure, I started an intense 7-week real estate training course, which includes journaling and other homework, like…

  • A Lenten Rambling

      The simplicity of winter has a deep moral. The return of Nature, after such a career of splendor and prodigality, to habits so simple and austere, is not lost either upon the head or the heart. It is the philosopher coming back from the banquet and the wine to a cup of water and…

  • Love and Respect

    There have been mornings when, after snapping photos of birds or leaves or bugs, I turn and discover Max and Belle are nowhere in sight. They've slipped off in a different direction, distracted by an interesting smell or a glimpse of a squirrel, assuming I will follow them (as I often do.) So I backtrack,…