Category Archives: About Tom

General things about who Tom Bolton thinks he is.

REPAIR: Restoring My Blog and Personal Well-Being

Posted on March 14, 2026 by Tom Bolton

I’ve been working on repairing my health and strength. I’ve been working on repairing my confidence and activity-level. I’ve been repairing my out-of-date plans. And now, I start repairing my old blog site. I am hopeful. Since I last posted … Continue reading →

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On Surgery Times

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Tom Bolton

Last year I had surgery to have a tumor removed from my right kidney. I have been blessed that it was found early, and I had a top-notch surgeon. I was doubly blessed that many friends and members of Christ’s body were … Continue reading →

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Birthdays

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Tom Bolton

  I was thinking about the birthdays of friends on Friday.           Birthdays, Dreamed and Held Today I am celebrating birthdays old and new, Remembered and missed, Remembered true and made up too, Celebrated and passed through. I think of … Continue reading →

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John Wesley on Prayer: reblogged

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Tom Bolton

I am re-blogging my four posts that got the most views in 2014.  I’m not sure these are my best blogs, but they have the most attractive key words.  (Tomorrow, I will re-blog Crucifixion by Bartolome Esteban Murillo, which is a … Continue reading →

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Sons and Daughter

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Tom Bolton

I was struggling with some things in September 2012, but it was a joy to have both sons and my daughter-in-law at home on Friday and Saturday and some of Sunday. I was blessed by their presence.          Loving My … Continue reading →

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Repeating On Word, Law and Life

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Tom Bolton

This was the start of my meditation on Psalm 119, which I started in December 2011.  I finished in Spring 2012, but I have periodically been drawn back to this piece over the past few years. Psalm 119 How blessed … Continue reading →

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Thinking on a Child, Grown too Fast

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Tom Bolton

      Maibandu, Are You Safe?   I know Maibandu in my mind, and in her letters, But letters that are written with helping hands. I see, in little images, the long-past deaths– Father, Brothers, Play-palls–of Men and boys gone sooner … Continue reading →

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