Long Hollow

Where seeds of thought have room to grow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Remember when…

  • 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…

  • Old puppies, morning walks, and other sweet!s

      Whether it's the heat or just old age catching up to him, Max has gone down a pretty steep hill lately. Just last week we took the long walk, around the curve and down into the creekbed. But now he can't walk far before having to stop and rest. Our walks have gotten shorter…

  • Daughters (and other sweet!s)

          They grow so fast, don't they? One minute they're crawling around on your stylish-at-the-time-rose-colored carpet, exploring and investigating… picking on their older brothers, trying to stir things up…cuddling in your arms because they're still shorter than you and easy to pick up… …and then suddenly they're wanting to explore far beyond your…

  • Chuck-Will’s-Widows, and other sweet!s

    After a long day, I pulled up to my house at dusk and stepped out of the car, my brain whirring with the day's events and to-do's still left on my mental list. Then the chuck-will's-widow sang to me, pulling me back into the moment and the beauty around me… …the dusky blue horizon ……

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • The first Father’s Day…

      Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. ~Gloria Naylor     For the first Father's Day in years and years, I don't have a phone call or road trip to make. Tom and I have both lost our dads, and, well, I have kind of a lost feeling today. I'm glad…

  • Happy birthday to the best mother-in-law in the world…

      Tom and I were driving up to Maryland for the first time so I could meet his family and childhood friends before our wedding. It was my first time in Tennessee, the Carolinas and all of those other states between Texas and Maryland. What a fabulous trip – seeing the sunrise just outside of…

  • 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…

  • April 27 – a very good day for Saints and Lovebirds

        Somewhere in Seattle tonight, one of my favorite couples in the whole wide world are sipping champagne, gazing into each other's eyes, and thinking back to that magical evening exactly one year ago when they said "I do" under the limbs of the big oak tree at Barr Mansion. It's hard for me…