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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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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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Category Archives: Being a Writer
Unscheduled Posts and Other Changes
I faced a pleasant dilemma yesterday. My son has purchased and set up a router, replacing the oddly-malfunctioning one. That gives me access to ‘Catholic Citizen’s’ website. I could go back to my ‘Friday and Sunday posts’ writing routine. I … Continue reading
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In Conference, Out to Lunch, Gone Fishing, Whatever: I’m Taking a ‘Break’
(Meet Norbert Nerdly: my frustrations, personified.) My regularly-scheduled ‘Friday’ and ‘Sunday’ posts will, I trust, resume: eventually. Meanwhile, I will add something new to A Catholic Citizen in America. How often and when that will be depends on me getting … Continue reading
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Technical Issue March 26, 2018
I started having trouble connecting with this blog’s website during the St. Patrick’s Day week. I finally got that week’s ‘Sunday’ post out the following Monday. The next ‘Friday’ post was more of the same frustrating experience. But they’re both … Continue reading
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Technical Issue March 17, 2018
You may not see this week’s ‘Sunday’ post as soon as you usually do. I have been unable to reliably connect with this blog’s website for the last few days. I don’t know why, and continue to find both short-term … Continue reading
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The Dream
He woke, heart racing, breathless, wet with sweat, in the starlit time before dawn. He shuddered when something touched his arm. It was his wife. “Again?” she asked, rolling her belly onto him. Soon she would bear his first child. … Continue reading
