Author Archives: Jon Long Sr

Me & My Hemotoma

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Jon Long Sr

November 19, 2011 Good Morning, Two weeks ago Friday, I was gently reminded that I’m getting older and my body isn’t quite what it used to be.  Actually I have been aware of it for a while… little signs here and there.   … 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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Foreign Nationals ~ 9-11

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Jon Long Sr

September 11, 2011 Good Morning ~ “9-11” For several weeks now we have be inundated with recognition of the Terrorist Attacks that took place on September 11, 2001.  Whether it was the comics, editorials, music, television programming or the abnormal abundance of … Continue reading →

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Thirty Five Years

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Jon Long Sr

August 28, 2011 Good Morning,  “35 Years” Thirty-Five Years is a long time to be married, especially when the average length of a first or second marriage in the United States is just about 7 years.  Maybe it is something … Continue reading →

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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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