Jeffrey C. Long

All around us, we are seeing signs that the economy is going south. The dollar is weak. Gas is nearly $4 a gallon here in Idaho. People are losing their homes and those who are selling theirs are having a hard time.
I’ve spotted another sign: checking cashing and high interest loan businesses. My wife […]

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It’s been around 3 weeks since I started teaching elementary music. The greatest challenge is that I have to make music accessible to the broadest range of ages imaginable. Today I taught kindergarteners, 4th, 5th and 6th graders. Tomorrow I will add 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders to the mix. Each age has its own […]

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Moving to Nampa forced me to make some media decisions. Our family has two homes now, one in Twin Falls and one in Nampa which means twice the bills. Fortunately all my utilities are paid for here, ‘cept for electricity and I hardly use any. But for the last two and a half years I’ve […]

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A few weeks ago, I discovered that my kids dig 80’s music, the music of my youth. So, I set out to make a mix CD for them. I was pleasantly surprised that they were listening to it in the car, and that my eldest daughter stole it from the car. So […]

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I don’t handle lost things very well. I get downright psychotic when I can’t find something. The family bought me a little gadget for my keyring that beeps when you whistle so I don’t lose my keys. I go crazy when I can’t find a book. And I get […]

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One of my latest pleasures in life has been throwing CD’s away. Yes you heard correctly. Throwing CD’s away. I don’t mean purchased CD’s. Burned CD’s. When my iPod’s battery died I had to move to the car CD player as the best place to listen to my podcasts. […]

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I am what I like to call a story addict. Some people are addicted to television. Game shows, news, music videos, sitcoms. But for me it is more focused then that. I like a good story, well told. Which includes television shows… currently Grey’s Anatomy and Battlestar Galactica. But […]

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I have had an increasing passion for reaching out to the students of the College of Southern Idaho. When I was asked to chair the outreach position at the church, I saw it as an opportunity to expand our ministry onto the campus.

Right now I’m in the soak-in-the-culture mode. I spend part of […]

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My son Zech is notorious in our family for things needing to be done a certain way and always that way. Trust me, he does get in trouble when he throws a tantrum about these things, but still he has a hard time handling adversity when he doesn’t get to do the things that […]

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Here I am all shiny new and refreshed after a one month hiatus from my blogs. Currently listening to: Wendy and Lisa I think I’m going to try a more diary approach to my writing here. I’ll still write essays from time to time. But this is one of […]

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