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Something new each Saturday.
Life, the universe and my circumstances permitting.
I'm focusing on 'family stories' at the moment. ("A Change of Pace: Family Stories" (11/23/2024))- Category: Family Stories
But if something else caught and held my interest during the week, that's what I'll share.
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Happy. Southern. Catholic. - Time for Reflections
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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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Labor Day Weekend: Staying Home
These days, the first Monday in September is Labor Day. Officially, it’s when we “honor the energy and innovation of working Americans”: and, maybe, unions. “A Proclamation on Labor Day, 2023“(September 1, 2023) “I have often said that the middle … Continue reading
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Yellowstone: Geysers, Quakes and, Eventually, a Supereruption
I started writing about Yellowstone, hazards, and science a few weeks ago. Then life happened — there’s a link near the end of this post — something more timely came up, and now I’m back with a look at the … Continue reading
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Pope Francis, Politics and Being Catholic: Briefly
Pope Francis criticized (some) Catholics in my country. If I had any sense, and was trying to make A Catholic Citizen in America famous, influential, profitable or some combination of those qualities, I’d have long since picked an earnestly wacky … Continue reading
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India: Fourth on the Moon, First near Lunar South Pole
India became the fourth nation to land on Earth’s Moon this week. And the first to land near the Lunar south pole. This is a very big deal. So, in a different way, was the “abnormal situation” that turned Russia’s … Continue reading
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Situation in Sauk Centre
Update August 25, 2024 2:08 p.m. / 19:08 UTC Good news: power is back on, and stayed that way. On the other hand, I spilled coffee on the “Annotated Alice” book I was reading. No great harm done. And, more … Continue reading
