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I'm focusing on 'family stories' at the moment. ("A Change of Pace: Family Stories" (11/23/2024))- Category: Family Stories
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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: Journal
Prescription Filled: A Small Matter, but Good News
This is an update to Monday’s unscheduled post. I still don’t know why this household got a robocall shortly after I’d started the process of requesting authorization so that a local pharmacy could take care of a necessary prescription. But … Continue reading
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Filling a Prescription: Jumping Through Extra Hoops This Month
First, the good news. I have enough methyphenidate for another five days, and may be in the process of resolving another SNAFU with both getting the legally-required authorization properly processed and satisfying the paper-shuffling needs of every organization involved. The … Continue reading
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Electing a Pope: Current Events, Ancient Heritage
More than 130 Cardinals will start voting on who gets Simon Peter’s job — the job he had before becoming St. Peter — after Pope Francis, starting next Monday. “Conclave to elect new Pope to begin on May 7th” Lisa … Continue reading
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A Tale of Two Customers
It’s two tales and two customers, actually. But that title was too cool to pass up. Anyway, I worked at a place called Pellegrini Refrigeration for most of the time I spent in San Francisco.1 Part of my job was … Continue reading
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Funeral for Pope Francis: Vatican News Links
You probably know about this already: The (short) article includes several links to “channels and platforms” for the broadcast. I’m still working out what time it’ll be here in central Minnesota, and which channel/platform would get along best with this … Continue reading
