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[more "a writer who is Catholic", than a "Catholic Writer"-BHG] - Sparrowfare (peggyhaslar.com)
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Seed-Searches among the Stones - "Thankful to Be Able to Be Thankful"
('The Curt Jester', Jeff Miller: atheist-turned-Catholic) - tiberjudy
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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Perseverance Landing: Pictures From JPL and Mars
Picking up where I left off yesterday, Perseverance is on Mars. The UAE’s Hope (Misabar Al Amal) and China’s Tianwen-1 had already arrived. Misabar Al Amal is historically important. It’s the UAE’s first Mars orbiter. But today I’ll be talking … Continue reading
Perseverance on Mars: February 18, 2021
(Mars 2020 getting ready for launch last year.) I’ll be looking at NASA’s Mars 2020 Ingenuity helicopter, the spacecraft, and an experimental oxygen generator. With a quick look at news of the mission’s landing this afternoon. Outward Bound: July 30, … Continue reading
Ash Wednesday 2021: Sprinkles, Social Media and Me
Today is Ash Wednesday. The COVID-19 pandemic is still in progress, so this one will be a bit different. I’ll still get ash on my head. But instead of getting a thumb-drawn cross on my forehead, I’ll get a sprinkling … Continue reading
Exploring Mars, Looking for Life: and Still Learning
Mars is and will be in the news this month. The UAE Hope spacecraft settled into orbit around Mars Tuesday, February 9. Then, a day later, China’s Tianwen-1 arrived. “China Mars mission: Tianwen-1 spacecraft enters into orbit” Jonathan Amos, BBC … Continue reading
Weather, Writing, Daily Entries and Another Change
This will be my 31st daily ‘journal’ entry. I hadn’t been planning on a daily posting schedule. But Sauk Centre’s weather gave me something to write about three days in a row: “The Winter Storm Continues, But Not Here” (January … Continue reading
