Long Hollow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

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  • Silent Love and Friendship

      I was headed to Houston last Saturday … dreading the drive, the task ahead of me, and a whole day away from my business which I really can't afford at this time … when I spotted a Panda Express.  I decided to cheer myself up with an early lunch.  It was delicious, of course,…

  • A Sweet Backtrack through May and June… Part 1

      Holy cow! A month has passed since my last post. How the heck did that happen? It's been a month full of so many things… Mother's Day, a wedding, rain in Austin, and a trip to Florida to name a few… each worthy of their own blog post. But at this late date all…

  • Ch-ch-ch-changes… and other sweet!s

      Did you notice my blog looks a little different?  Apparently, my blogs weren't 'mobile-friendly', so to keep up with the times (and to keep BlogHer happy) I had to make some changes.  Updating my Confessions blog (hosted by Blogger) was easy. Just one click, and it was done, somehow retaining my same old design,…

  • Looking back from an Easter Sunday

      Howdy! Have you missed me? It's hard to believe it's been over two weeks since my last post. A lot has happened! But don't worry … I'll just give you the sweet! highlights, not all the boring details. First of all, it's Easter Sunday – Resurrection Sunday – for me, the source of all…

  • A sweet!-speckled day and SxSW…almost

        Now, as a REALTOR®, this t-shirt from the Etsy shop SpikeStuff goes against everything I stand for. I want people to move here! And I want them to let me help them find a home! Austin is an awesome place to live and there's still plenty of room for everyone! But tonight, as…

  • Treasure Boxes and other sweet!s…

      I drove Tom's truck to Houston on Saturday. The kids and I made a one-day trip there to continue sorting through things at my parents' house, my childhood home, where every square inch and every random object holds a special memory.  What to keep and what to sell from a lifetime of memories, when…

  • My son, at not quite 30…

      He doesn't take himself too seriously. For instance, this is his latest post on Facebook… "I jogged through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, through the sea of swirly twirly gum drops, and then I walked through the Lincoln Tunnel… To Bangers for a beer."   It makes me so happy to know…

  • Reflections on Gratitude, and “Lasts” (and Happy Thanksgiving to you!)

      There's a small pond tucked into the bottom of a hill down the road from our house. It can be counted on to hold water when the others have all dried up, deep enough that our Max puppy could really swim in it sometimes, not just wade. He loved it.     One morning…

  • The Power of a Wheat Penny

    Like my Daddy, and his daddy before him, I have a coin collection. My coins aren't categorized into small blue books like theirs, though. Mine -all wheat pennies - jingle around in an old bourbon bottle.   This doesn't look like much of a collection after fifty years, does it?   I'm not sure when or…

  • 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…