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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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Tag Archives: citizenship
Building a Civilization of Life and Love, One Mind at a Time
I’m not comfortable with the way today’s America works, but I think this is a good time to be an American and a Catholic. That’s because part of my job is easier now, than it would have been in my … Continue reading
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A Mural, America, Changes, and Doing Our Job
Things keep changing. That’s hardly a new idea. “Everything changes and nothing stands still” (“πάντα χωρεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει”, quoted by Plato in “Cratylus” )(Heraclitus, Wikiquote) I’ll be talking about the new mural in my town’s Walmart, how this isn’t … Continue reading
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Storms, Health, a Biopsy, and Unsettling News
This week’s post is a follow-up on two posts: last week’s, when I talked about flash floods in central Texas; and another where I talked about a biopsy and storms. Briefly, the sore on my leg looked awful, but was … Continue reading
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Remembering a Favorite Fourth, Looking Ahead
Many towns here in central Minnesota host fireworks displays on Independence Day, but not Sauk Centre. Fireworks and Family It’s not that the town disapproves of the Fourth of July, or fireworks, or loud noises: our big-deal midsummer celebration is … Continue reading
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A Prayer For America: Seems Reasonable
Monday’s presidential inauguration may edge the Los Angeles wildfires off the top of my news feed. Momentarily, at least. About that, and results of the election: I’m not political. I haven’t and won’t frantically declare one candidate or party as … Continue reading
