Long Hollow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Procrastination

  • Friday the 13th

    Up late last night, writing and coming through on a months-old promise of photos to a sweet friend. Reset alarm, later, later. Finally staggered out of bed at 6am to kiss Tom before he hit the road. "Happy Anniversary!" he tells me. My sleepy brain scrambles for the meaning behind his words. Through the fog,…

  • Looking Back, Looking Forward

    "A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." ~ Thomas Mann If that's so, then I'm definitely a writer. There are times when writing isn't just difficult for me – it's pure hell. But other times it's heaven, and that's why I stand here in January of…

  • Gifts

    O Sunrise, splendor of light eternal and sun of righteousness:Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. This sunrise was a gift, a splash of tangerine through my window reminding me that light conquers darkness, that each new day is a promise fulfilled, a gift to savor. I rose at 4:30 this…

  • Peanut Butter/Chocolate Bars, a Snow-Squeaky Beach and other Sweet!s of the Week

    Wednesday evening I spent an hour sitting at my in-law's dining room table working on a post to update you on our Florida week. I just had one more image to add before I hit 'publish' when Tom's laptop froze on me. As a last ditch effort, I refreshed the page. Poof! My post vanished!  Sigh. …

  • Ssssh! Don’t Tell my Mom! (plus the Shutterfly winners)

    Life has gotten crazy busy. My oldest son and his girlfriend are heading here this evening, joined by a few of his 'old' college buddies who are driving in from Dallas. Tomorrow is his birthday and he's letting me celebrate it with him for the first time in years and years… well, since he left…

  • Ambience Lost

        Writers, especially those trying to write at a desktop in the middle of the livingroom in a houseful of people, know you have to learn to tune everything out around you. And anyone who works from home and hopes to accomplish anything at all has to learn to ignore laundry, dishes, dust… I've…

  • Horizons

      Disturb us, Lord, when  We are too well pleased with ourselves,  When our dreams have come true  Because we have dreamed too little,  When we arrived safely  Because we sailed too close to the shore. – Sir Francis Drake I have a map in my mind, with huge circles drawn around several destinations. I've…

  • Sweets in a busy week

    For some reason, I thought this past week would have more time in it.  I thought by the time I headed to work at the Bistro this morning, I would be all caught up on everything, plus perhaps even a little ahead on a few things. Well, I wasn't. But I refuse to give myself…

  • A Good Monday – Writing and (news of) Weddings

    Today is Monday, isn't it? I've already lost track. I neglected so much today – I'm behind on emails, Facebook and reading my favorite blogs, as well as laundry and… well, everything. But it's for a good reason: I spent the day writing… specifically re-writing the beginning pages of my book for the "We Love…

  • Detours (and my Friday Favorite Photo)

    This has been one crazy, zig-zagging, bouncing, stretching-myself-across-so-many-things-I-think-I'm-going-to-pop kind of week. One of those weeks where everything is high priority and you just can't procrastinate any longer. So you just do it all, period, and try your best to get some sleep. Things like a writing deadline, a book review deadline, a contact list to…