Category Archives: Personal observations

Did I Actually Exercise?

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Tom Long

Today, I changed up my fitness routine. Normally on a good day, and only on a good day, I get up and stretch a few minutes with Classical Stretch: By Essentrics on PBS. Later, Joy and I usually go for … Continue reading →

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Dream Church – Dogs, Dancing and Daylight

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Tom Long

I have a dream church. It wouldn’t be to everyone’s taste. I have friends who love going to mega-churches with professional preaching, professional musicians, and professional productions of the service. It is a sort of Broadway production in their hometown, … Continue reading →

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Tom’s 12 Days of Christmas Movies

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Tom Long

I saw another list of recommended Christmas movies that started with that miserable excuse for a Christmas movie, “A Christmas Story”, and decided that I wanted to make my own list. Why am I qualified? Because no one else in … Continue reading →

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Love One Another

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Tom Long

For many of us the election results have been a bitter pill to swallow. Although Donald Trump appears to have lost the popular vote, he won the electoral college. I am happy for those working class whites who have been … Continue reading →

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Come Home Republicans. We Miss You.

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Tom Long

It is the Sunday before the 2016 elections and the Presidential race has tightened. For decades I have been a Republican. But having been raised in a home where Mom is a Democrat and Dad was a Republican, I’ve never … Continue reading →

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