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Stearns County Fair 2025: Lightning, Hail, and Then Blue Skies

Posted on August 16, 2025 by Brian H. Gill

I took that picture of the Stearns County Fair while coming back from an errand last Saturday. It’s about as close to being there as I’ve gotten in the last several years. But since this household isn’t much more than … Continue reading →

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If She Wants a Door, She Gets a Door

Posted on August 9, 2025 by Brian H. Gill

My oldest daughter suggested that I start telling ‘family stories’ about eight months back: which struck me as a good idea. This week’s, involving a door and — I think — showing where I get some of my attitudes and … Continue reading →

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Four Generations in America

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Brian H. Gill

I wrote this paper in 1972 for Dr. K. Smemo’s History 349, The Scandinavians in America. I’m planning to share a ‘family story’ or two about this side of the family in Saturday’s post: which will be both shorter, and … Continue reading →

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Arba Zeri Campbell and the Telephone

Posted on July 26, 2025 by Brian H. Gill

One thing I like about families — the one(s) I’m in, at any rate — are the legacies. In my dialect of English a “legacy” is generally money or property handed down from one generation to another. Legacies of that … Continue reading →

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A Mural, America, Changes, and Doing Our Job

Posted on July 19, 2025 by Brian H. Gill

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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