Category Archives: Childhood

Our Time

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Jon Long Sr

Good Morning, Facebook has turned out to be a great way to connect with old (and new) friends.  Few are so special as the friends from our high school days when balancing on the edge of adulthood and adolescence.  We … Continue reading →

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Autumn Days

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Jon Long Sr

Good Morning, The last several months, I have found it increasingly difficult to write my letters.  And while enduring the little pangs of guilt for not doing so and also reminiscent that if I don’t do so, time will pass … Continue reading →

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Jack Levi ~ Welcome

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Jon Long Sr

November 18, 2012 Good Morning, Last weekend was filled with expectation, anticipation and general elation when a new addition to the family finally arrived.  None too soon for mommy Kelly Long, who had endured another pregnancy fraught with just about … Continue reading →

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Hands

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Jon Long Sr

Good Morning, It is 5:30PM and I am heading home from a day at the office.  The sun is coming in through the passenger window of the work van and splaying across my hands on the steering wheel.  My mind … Continue reading →

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Ellie “Belly” Long

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Jon Long Sr

This last week granddaughter Ellie turned nine years old.  Besides once again being reminded of just how fast time goes sometimes, I tend to reflect on what I was doing in those years.  What things were important to me and what … Continue reading →

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Sophie ~ 1 Year

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Jon Long Sr

Good Morning, About a month ago and close to the time that granddaughter Sophie Alese Long celebrated her first birthday, I received this photo of her.  Since then I have had it as my desktop, relegating the previous photo of … Continue reading →

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Things of Life

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Jon Long Sr

Good Morning, It was 66 years ago today on a Tuesday in Portland, Oregon that I first opened my eyes to this amazing new world.  While my interests were more focused on instinctive things like mother’s milk and trying to … Continue reading →

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Practical Physics – Self Taught

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Jon Long Sr

Good Morning, When I was a young man in my adolescence and well into my teens, maybe even a few years beyond, I self-studied Practical Physics.  I never had the academic prowess to actually take Physics in school as that … Continue reading →

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Nightmares & Bad Dreams

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Jon Long Sr

Good Morning, Every child and a few adults I know, including myself have had “Nightmares” or otherwise called “Bad Dreams”, at one time or another. With adults, I would think they would be more prevalent at times of stress or … Continue reading →

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How Technology has Evolved in My Lifetime

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Jon Long Sr

Good Morning, It was January 31, 2009 when Michael, after not receiving a letter for a while and concerned that I was putting a hold on them or running out of things to write about, sent me a list of questions.  … Continue reading →

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