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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 Catholic
Advent: Remembering, Being Vigilant, Doing My Job
Quite a bit has changed over the last couple millennia. And some things haven’t. One of the things that hasn’t changed is human nature: which is good news and bad news, depending on how I look at it. I’d started … Continue reading
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Holiday Season 2023: Here We Go Again
Advent doesn’t start for another week, but my country’s Christmas season is already off to a running start. I’ve mentioned Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Buckster Bunny and “I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas” before. Maybe I will again, but not … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving 2023: Still Being Thankful
Stuff happens: wealth and poverty, sickness and health. None of that is a sure sign of virtue or sin. What I do with what I’ve got: that is what matters. Continue reading
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Free to Agree With Me: Cancel Culture and Freedom of Expression
Bottom line, opinions and ideas that make sense will, eventually, slip past the censors. So will those that don’t make sense. I prefer not being protected from cartoons. Continue reading
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Hamas, Harvard, Ukraine and Alaska Air: Looking for a Bright Side
All is not right with the world. But all is not wrong, either. Take Sunday night’s air disaster that didn’t happen, for example. Alaska Air 2059 An off-duty pilot, riding in the cockpit’s jump seat, achieved momentary fame by trying … Continue reading
