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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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Faustus, Valdes and Cornelius: With Friends Like These…
(From Jürgen Ludwig, via Wikimedia Commons, used w/o permission.) I talked about angels, real and imagined, last month; mentioned Doctor Faustus’ big plans, including putting a brass wall around Germany, and said that I’d talk about Valdes and Cornelius next … Continue reading
Posted in Discursive Detours, Journal, Marlowe's Faustus, Series
Tagged folklore and myth, health, history, medicine, science
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Secondary Causes: Both/And, not Either/Or
How the Grand Canyon was formed depends on who’s talking. Scientists say it’s what happened as a river cut through the Colorado Plateau. Since I think scientists are right about the Colorado River’s role in making that mile-deep gulch, and … Continue reading
Posted in Being, Catholic, Discursive Detours
Tagged folklore and myth, natural law, philosophy, science
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Olympic Games Tokyo, Stearns County Fair Sauk Centre
The 2020 Summer Olympics and Stearns County Fair are both in progress this weekend. One is an annual agricultural and commerce show, the other is half of a four-year Olympiad; but they’re not entirely different. The COVID-19 pandemic shut both … Continue reading
Posted in Discursive Detours
Tagged COVID-19, disasters, folklore and myth, history, Minnesota, weather
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Space Aliens: Perceptions, Assumptions
Throughout the ages, Saints and sages have pondered the big questions. Who are we? What are we? Why are our lives so messed up? Storytellers and movie makers — these groups overlap — also reflect on human nature from time … Continue reading