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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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Category Archives: Family Stories
Converting memories, anecdotes I have shared with my family over the decades, into written family stories; at the request of my oldest daughter. Plus more-or-less-current family events.
Lock Repair and Unchanging Principles
This week I remembered the time I helped fix a lock. That got me thinking about natural law and free will, among other things. A Lock, a Broken Key, and Frustration I spent two decades of my life working for … Continue reading →
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Kinfolk, Neighbors, and Living in America
Change happens, which isn’t a new idea. At all. “Everything changes and nothing stands still”(“πάντα χωρεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει”, quoted by Plato in “Cratylus” (ca. 360 B.C.))(Heraclitus, Wikiquote) This week I’ll be talking about — mentioning, actually — some of … Continue reading →
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Words and Actions Matter
In the years leading up to World War II, my father was just another Irish kid in Rockford schools. Then an English teacher asked him about his plans. Continue reading →
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Night Watch, Paying Attention, and My Father
It was just another watch, until they noticed how big the ship they were following looked. Continue reading →
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Ducks
My encounter with a savvy mother duck and her ducklings. Also an unrelated sunset photo. Continue reading →
