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Brian H. Gill
I was born in 1951. I'm a husband, father and grandfather. One of the kids graduated from college in December, 2008, and is helping her husband run businesses and raise my granddaughter; another is a cartoonist and artist; #3 daughter is a writer; my son is developing a digital game with #3 and #1 daughters. I'm also a writer and artist.
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Monthly Archives: November 2024
Christmas With Aunt Jule and Uncle George
Get-togethers, family and community, are part of the holiday season. Take Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, for example. Thousands of folks, maybe a million or more, turned out Thursday morning,1 standing in a cold New York City rain, cheering this celebration … Continue reading
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True Gratitude: Wisdom in the Comics — Thanksgiving 2024
Wizard of Id’s Spook and Turnkey made a good point last Sunday. Gratitude is an option, even when life’s bowl of cherries seems filled with pits. Sometimes I don’t feel particularly grateful, that’s putting it mildly; but I can always … Continue reading
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False Mysticism, Spiritual Abuse, and the News
“Vatican to consider classifying ‘spiritual abuse’ as a new Catholic crime” was in my Google News feed this morning. “Vatican to consider classifying ‘spiritual abuse’ as new Catholic crime“Joshua McElwee, Reuters (November 26, 2024) “Pope Francis has asked the Vatican … Continue reading
