Author Archives: Brian H. Gill

About 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.

Words and Actions Matter

In the years leading up to World War II, my father was just another Irish kid in Rockford schools. Then an English teacher asked him about his plans. Continue reading

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Night Watch, Paying Attention, and My Father

It was just another watch, until they noticed how big the ship they were following looked. Continue reading

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Ducks

My encounter with a savvy mother duck and her ducklings. Also an unrelated sunset photo. Continue reading

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Voting, Voter Resources, Faith, and Me

It was a bit past one when I voted in Minnesota’s primaries this Tuesday. Two of the three election judges were checking off other voters when I got there. Verifying that I was a registered voter went smoothly. I gave … Continue reading

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AI, “Magnifica Humanitas”, Thomas Aquinas, and Me

Pope Leo XIV’s “Magnifica Humanitas” (on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence) came out in May. I didn’t expect it to be a fast read, and I was right. In English, it runs to nearly 38,000 … Continue reading

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