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.

Happy Death?!

Posted on April 26, 2020 by Brian H. Gill

“Happy death” sounds like an oxymoron. Like cold fire, which turns out to be Shakespearean. “…Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!…” (“Romeo and Juliet,” Act I, Scene I, Romeo; Shakespeare (1597)) A happy death is also something … Continue reading →

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Something Wonderful

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Brian H. Gill

(St. Paul’s church in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Mass times for 2020 Easter’s live video.) I’ve written about our Lord’s execution and death a few times. But not, if memory serves, leading with an excerpt from the fourth paragraph of “A … Continue reading →

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Holy Week: Staying Home

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Brian H. Gill

Holy Week starts tomorrow. Together with Easter, it’s the high point of the Catholic calendar. I’d be going to Our Lady of the Angels — the parish church — on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday AKA Holy Thursday, Good Friday and … Continue reading →

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Worry, Concern and COVID-19

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Brian H. Gill

(Springtime in Minnesota: and a winter weather advisory.) The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t affected us much here in central Minnesota. Apart from the governor’s stay-at-home order, no Mass and new shopping rules. A winter weather advisory starts tonight. That explains the … Continue reading →

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Pandemic Perspectives

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Brian H. Gill

NOTE (November 28, 2022)This was written in March of 2020.But it was about pandemics and people in general, so most of it is still ‘up to date.’ COVID-19, a coronavirus disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, is still spreading. Thousands … Continue reading →

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