Monday, September 22, 2008

Long Reunion

We had our annual September Long Reunion in De Soto, MO on Sunday. There were a few in attendance who have been coming to the reunions since 1931. The photo below are of two brothers, three sisters and their kin. Double click on any of the photos to enlarge them. Then use the arrow to go back to the main page.


Everyone was still buzzing about cousin Curtis who was honored by the University of Missouri this summer.
His brother Alan (below) brought photos of the ceremony---we are all very proud of Curtis and his support of our favorite university.
I'm sorry, Virginia, I somehow missed getting your photo, but below are a few more cousins--Bill Long and David Long.

Both men live in De Soto (which is near where our ancestors moved 200 years ago!) and have a lot of interesting family stories. If you want to know more about De Soto, Click here. If you live close to Missouri, you might have seen commercials on TV for Jay Nixon, gubernatorial candidate. De Soto is featured in that commercial showing it to be a vibrant railroad town. David did entertain us with stories about Jay's dad whom he went to high school with.
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Between Two Worlds

Most of my life, I've considered it fortunate that I was just ahead of the Baby-boom. Generally, the Baby-boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 after the fathers returned from World War II. It was a huge population explosion that has reverberated through American society.

This blog will be part history, part memories, part reflections of a retired teacher, but active "Senior". I have always felt like I straddled two generations forming a bridge. Sometimes I think like a baby-boomer, but sometimes I'm locked into my parents' Depression era thinking. I'm a dichotomy of two eras. But, I'm always ready to try something new---so here I am dipping my toes in the water of Blogworld.