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.

My Health Care Directive: Being Specific

I’ve been distracted this week. Wednesday morning I got and started reading documents involved in setting up family property/estate/whatever arrangements for at least the next generation. I was part-way through the last document when a video conference with the lawyer … Continue reading →

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Lock Repair and Unchanging Principles

This week I remembered the time I helped fix a lock. That got me thinking about natural law and free will, among other things. A Lock, a Broken Key, and Frustration I spent two decades of my life working for … Continue reading →

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Kinfolk, Neighbors, and Living in America

Change happens, which isn’t a new idea. At all. “Everything changes and nothing stands still”(“πάντα χωρεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει”, quoted by Plato in “Cratylus” (ca. 360 B.C.))(Heraclitus, Wikiquote) This week I’ll be talking about — mentioning, actually — some of … Continue reading →

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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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