Long Hollow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Texas

  • September Sweetness

    September has always been one of my favorite months. The air feels a little drier, crisper…summer temperatures begin their slow (and short, in Texas) descent into winter…the sky sheds its faded denim and dresses in vibrant azure. I'm eager to spend every minute of September outside, enjoying it all. But there are other reasons I…

  • Saving Roadrunners and other sweet!s of the week

    I was walking up our front path to my car one morning this week when I heard a banging noise coming from a camper shell sitting to one side of the driveway/parking area at the top of the walkway. The shell mostly rests on the ground, but one side of it projects over a small…

  • Five on Friday: Give me peace for the moment…

      1. I had to report for jury duty on Monday. It was in the old Travis County Courthouse, which to me is what a courthouse and jury room should look like…straight out of an old Perry Mason episode. It was a wonderful process. The judge was very passionate and took lots of time explaining…

  • The Power of a Summer Song

    …Love, love is the answer, whoo-hooAnd that's all rightSo don't you give up now, whoo-hooIt's so easy to findJust look to your soul (Look to your soul)And open your mind Crystal blue persuasion… It was 1969. I was ten and having the time of my life, because my sister was a lifeguard and she often…

  • Stormy Skies, and other sweet!s

      I made another quick trip to visit my parents this weekend, accompanied by two of my kids. I'm grateful it's just a four-hour-drive…grateful my kids want to go with me…grateful for Subway sandwich shops where we can eat relatively healthy, relatively cheap…and grateful that I can do something for my parents for a change……

  • Dog Days of Summer

    There are dogs in my house. Winter and jackets are a distant memory. I'm not even sure how many days in a row we've soared above 100 degrees now, and there's no end in sight. We are breaking records left and right here in Central Texas.  Morning walks happen before the sun is fully awake…or not…

  • Friday Randomness

        1. Max can still run…when he's motivated.  Can you see the deer standing in the middle of the road? What about the big grin on his face, laughing at the silly puppies who think they can catch him?  (Me, either, but I'm sure he is!) 2. Real Estate License Adventure Countdown: 5 classes…

  • A Daddy’s Hugs and other sweet things

      I made another quick trip to see my parents this weekend, accompanied by a son and daughter this time who pitched in to help with dishes and cleaning. I'm so blessed that I still have my parents…that I only live four hours away so I can make quick overnight trips to see them…and that…

  • Five Things on Friday

    1. I've captured Belle leaping three days in a row now. All I had to do was write about how I kept getting distracted at the last minute, and BOOM! now I stay focused. It took about fifty years, but I've finally figured out how to manipulate myself. How do you trick, er, train yourself?…

  • Five Things on…Friday? (A Long Hollow Update)

    1. I kept forgetting today was Friday. It just felt like a Saturday. Does that happen to you?Okay, now I'll get on with the update…    2. For the first time in two or three years, my crape myrtles are sprouting buds. Except for snapping this photo, I'm trying to ignore them. I get this…