Long Hollow

Where seeds of thought have room to grow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

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  • Five Things on (Good) Friday

    1. Today is Good Friday, the day Christians around the world stop and consider the fact that an innocent person deliberately gave their life for them, out of love, even though they didn't ask him to and they did nothing to deserve it. Very sobering.  But leave it to my friend Jim "Suldog" Sullivan to…

  • Five – ish Things on Friday

      1. Today is my friend Debbie's birthday. I couldn't find the photo I wanted to post, the one of us dressed up like beauty queens, acting silly in her bedroom back in 1973. I've turned my house upside down and still can't find that photo anywhere! I used to be so organized… That summer…

  • Monday, Wind-day

          The wind is howling outside my window right now. No snow. No rain. Just wind, gusting up to 59 mph, the weatherman said. In some areas of Austin power lines are down and whole trees are blocking roads.  We're lucky. Nothing but the exhilarating wind here blowing through the Hollow, like a…

  • Five Things on Friday

        1. Our property is dotted with small iron crosses, marking the resting places of so many precious furry or feathered or scaly loved ones we've been blessed to know. I miss them all. The one above is Charly's and Frankie's.   2. I will never get rich monetarily through my blog, but the…

  • Five Things (A Day Late)

      I intended to post this last night. You know, "Five Things on Friday" – that catchy alliteration thing. Instead, I went dancing.  So here are my "Five Things on Friday, on Saturday":   1. Did you watch the Grammies? I did this year for the first time in ages. So I was even more…

  • “The Best Laid Schemes…” (What happened to Monday and Tuesday?)

    According to my calendar, I'm in Galveston right now, visiting my friend Ann, finally getting to see the cute little Victorian house she's fixing up and browsing through some wonderful eclectic shops. Things don't always go according to plan, though, do they? Instead of strolling the tourist-free beaches and staying up late talking and laughing…

  • Smiles (and Friday’s Favorite Photos)

    Oh, I had big plans for yesterday, all spelled out in a realistic and do-able list of things to accomplish on my day off. Besides the usual – my morning walk with the dogs, their breakfast on the back porch and my work-out which I always dread and want to get out of the way…

  • Rambling on a Monday in May

    Before I was fully awake this morning, I started the coffee brewing and switched on the television. Up popped the devastation in Joplin, Missouri – that hospital with blown windows surrounded by mangled vehicles, toothpick trees and piles of rubbish … the videos, the woman's voice praying "Help us, Jesus…" After saying a prayer for all of…

  • Sweet! #7 and then some

    Some days it's tough to think of a Sweet! and this is one of them. I'm tired. It's way past my bedtime. I've started a dozen things this evening but haven't finished a single one. I have a deadline looming. Tom's birthday is coming up and I'm not ready. Facebook is acting up on loading…

  • Spring Fever Frenzy and Sweet! #1

    Frenzy is my word of the week, (where's my copy of Pearl Jam's song Just Breathe?) so please forgive me if this post seems a little harried and unorganized. If it jumps around a bit, it's just a reflection of my life right now, hopscotching from one project to the next in haphazard order. Tom…