by Hollye Dexter | Aug 25, 2012 | Alec Baldwin, Billy Baldwin, Los Olivos, Mamas and Papas, marriage, Owen Elliott, Rex Smith, Santa Ynez, Sideways, Solvang, Wilson Phillips, Wine Country vacation, Wine Tasting in California
This week marks our 23rd anniversary (25 years together). Since Troy had a gig with Wilson Phillips in the Santa Ynez wine valley (where the movie Sideways was shot), we decided I’d tag along and make a mini-vacay out of it. We were to leave early Wednesday...
by Hollye Dexter | Mar 3, 2012 | family, family relationships, heartbreak, international marriage, Japanese American, marriage
Love is a risky business. If you’ve ever opened your heart to another person, chances are you’ve been hurt. I know this, and yet I knowingly take the risk again and again. I’ve had friends and family chide me for it- saying I’m reckless, saying I have to protect...
by Hollye Dexter | Jul 14, 2011 | dealing with disaster, hardship, hope through adversity, marriage, optimism, surviving disaster
Just as I hit the submit button on my “gratitude blog” yesterday, a pipe burst in the ceiling of Evan’s room, black stinking liquid gushing through his ceiling fan and the air vents in the walls, then traveling through the air vents to my art...
by Hollye Dexter | May 15, 2011 | animal rights, hope through adversity, life lessons, marriage, rumi, Save Stitch, surviving disaster
Life. Just when you think you’ve got a handle on it, the plot changes. And always, in the thick of it, there are messages (if you’re paying attention), and lessons to be learned. I had deluded myself into thinking I’d already paid my dues. In the early years of our...
by Hollye Dexter | Mar 27, 2011 | battle of the sexes, friendship, marriage, relationships
A blog by Hollye and Amy Ferris HOLLYEI know it will make me unpopular to say that men and women aren’t equal, but its true. I mean, we are equally capable of course. We can reach the same magnitudes of greatness and accomplishment, but the way we get there is...
by Hollye Dexter | Jan 8, 2011 | anxiety, end of the world, marriage, the power of love, worry
Last night I woke at 3 am to worry. It’s my job. I do it for my family so they don’t have to, and I usually punch the timeclock at around 3 or 4 am. Another part of this job is to wander the house “checking” on things. Make sure everyone is breathing, doublecheck that...