Category Archives: Weekend Letter

August of My Years

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Jon Long Sr

August 14, 2011 Good Morning, August… there is just no getting around it… I’m in the August of my life.  Maybe it was turning the “Big 65” that triggered it, the SSI check in the mail each month and then … 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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Blue Cast

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Jon Long Sr

Good Morning, It is a pretty common statement that you don’t miss something till it is gone.  The use of my left arm/hand these last few weeks brings that to light as I become a bit more dependent on others … Continue reading →

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Father’s Day 2011

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Jon Long Sr

Good Morning, “Father’s Day” It is not just on days like today that thoughts of my father cross my mind, but because of the media and promoting “Father’s Day”, I think I am reminded a bit more than not. It … Continue reading →

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Butter Dish

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Jon Long Sr

Good Morning, It was the 29th of June 1949, when my Grandmother Long (Dora Matilda Voigt) died in Magnet, Nebraska.  I was four years old at the time and have no recollection of her other than what I have seen … Continue reading →

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Your God, My God…Good God!

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Jon Long Sr

Good Morning, This week son Michael posted a photo he took of the Texas Sky.  I found it not only beautiful in its colors and composition, but it also had that quality I refer to as “God Light”.   I’m pretty … Continue reading →

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Resilience

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Jon Long Sr

Good Morning,  “Resilience” Recent events earlier this month in Japan with the huge 9.0 earthquake and devastating Tsunami that followed, gave me pause to consider the resilience of people and the events in my own life the last couple of … Continue reading →

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No More “Free”

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Jon Long Sr

Good Morning, After reading a friends post (Alicia Arenas) this morning on “How to stop doing things for free”.  I began to think about what she said and how it applies so many times in our business. After doing my … Continue reading →

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The Dream Café

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Jon Long Sr

Good Morning, This morning while enjoying the first cup of coffee and replying to a comment on last week’s blog post, Greg Brown came on XM Radio’s, Coffee House with “The Dream Café”. I liked this song from the first … 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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