Long Hollow

Where seeds of thought have room to grow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Worth Quoting

  • 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…

  • Phone Calls, Heartbeats, Hugs

    A call that wakes you in the morning rarely bears good news. The call that woke me yesterday let me know a dear friend's husband had died. He had some health issues (who doesn't by the time you hit your 50's?) but nothing that warned her that a day we all dread and hope never…

  • At times

    With mere minutes to spare (I thought) I hit the send button, catapulting my She Writes submission just under the deadline wire.  Turns out I had four hours left – Tom and I both weren't thinking straight on the Pacific vs. East Coast time thing – but that's okay. If I'd known I had the…

  • 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…

  • Portrait of a Sister

    How do people make it through life without a sister?  ~Sara Corpening I've asked myself this question so many times and always felt a twinge of guilt that TG doesn't have a sister, even though she's got two great brothers. Because I truly can't imagine how different, how empty and downright dull my life would…

  • Shadows and Light

      On Death ~Kahlil Gibran You would know the secret of death.But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light.If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body…

  • Tenacity

    "Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live." ~JIm RohnAmerican motivational speaker, 20th century   I didn't feel like running yesterday morning. Too many things to do before work and not enough sleep the night before. Skipping one day won't matter… I ignored that voice. It's true my world doesn't…

  • “I hope.” ~ Red, Shawshank Redemption

    "Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." ~ Andy Dufresne, Shawshank Redemption I've seen Shawshank Redemption a zillion times.  And last night I had two zillion things to do. So when TG started watching it, I tried to ignore it and focus on what…

  • Why, Thank You! (and my Friday Favorite Photo!)

    Thank you to everyone who said a prayer, crossed their fingers or in some way tried to steer Tropical Storm Don more to the north, providing us with a better chance of rain to ease this drought. However, I just saw this post by my weatherman on Facebook… Dear Don,Thanks for nothing.Sincerely,Central Texas.p.s. Emily…we're counting…

  • A Brother’s Smile and other (belated) “Sweet!”s of the Week

    The day his wife died, my brother Donnie lost his smile. Well, he lost more than that; with just a glance at his drawn face, it was easy to believe he thought the world held absolutely nothing for him anymore. If it weren't for his children, I think he would have just sat in a corner…