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I'm focusing on 'family stories' at the moment. ("A Change of Pace: Family Stories" (11/23/2024))- Category: Family Stories
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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: September 2025
Just a Little Fire, Under Control: at the Moment
One of our daughters and her husband run a milling company on the homestead where my mother grew up. Nothing about running a small business is, I suspect, “routine”, but some days are less routine than other. Take, for example, … Continue reading
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Pope Leo XIV: World Citizen, 21st Century Missionary
Someone’s written a book about Pope Leo XIV: “León XIV: ciudadano del mundo, misionero del siglo XXI”; or “Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the 21st Century”. The book, in Spanish, was released today, September 18, 2025. I … Continue reading
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King Josiah, Consequences, and Love
By some standards, this isn’t a particularly “Christian” blog. I don’t rant about the fires of Hell, or gush over cheerful thoughts like this: “…The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider … Continue reading
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Another Dead American: This Time in Utah
Here we go again. Another politically active American dead: killed, this time, while answering questions on a college campus. My wife tells me he’s left behind a wife and five children. [update Sept. 10, 2025 9:15 p.m. Central: seems it’s … Continue reading
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Death and Evil: But Also Light and Hope
Kids started going back to school here in Sauk Centre on Wednesday. No shots rang out, and nobody got killed. That, happily, is routine. But sometimes bad things happen. Classes started last week at the Church of the Annunciation’s school … Continue reading
