{"id":6195,"date":"2022-08-30T19:53:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T19:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?p=6195"},"modified":"2022-08-30T20:55:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T20:55:37","slug":"tuesday-august-30-2022-son-in-law-update-and-a-coffee-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/tuesday-august-30-2022-son-in-law-update-and-a-coffee-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday, August 30, 2022: Son-in-Law Update, and a Coffee Break"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/about-me\/#not\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brendans-island.com\/blogsource\/20210209ff\/20210317-DSC08994-SaintPatricksDayAndMe--trim-329.JPG?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo: Brian H. Gill, at his desk. (March 2021)\" align=\"right\"><\/a>On the &#8216;up&#8217; side, I&#8217;m getting over what I&#8217;m calling a summer cold. And I&#8217;ve even decided what I&#8217;ll be writing about this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand: well, actually, it&#8217;s shaping up to be a pretty good day. And a pretty good week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday night&#8217;s tornado watch was lifted at a decent hour, so I got a good night&#8217;s sleep. And, although I overslept, I didn&#8217;t miss the Artemis 1 launch Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mainly because it was called off, due to technical issues. That&#8217;s part of what I&#8217;ll be writing about this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deciding what I&#8217;ll write about is one thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deciding how I&#8217;ll write about it is another: and that&#8217;s what I&#8217;ll start working on after I finish this post. After I finish this post, that is, and get a cup of coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And sit of the front stoop for a few minutes. It&#8217;s a sunny day, neither too warm or too cool; and with winter coming, that&#8217;s not something to ignore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before I sign off, a few words about my son-in-law. I&#8217;d been hoping they&#8217;d fit into a &#8216;regular&#8217; weekly post. But since that likely won&#8217;t happen, here they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My son-in-law, Aaron McWilliams, is adding fill-in guest talk show host to his catalog of roles and functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/knoxradio.com\/\">KNOX News Radio<\/a><br> Grand Forks, North Dakota<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I gather that this is his first week. Don&#8217;t know which time slots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;d be listening: but Grand Forks is a little over three hours up the road from here, on the way to Winnipeg, Canada. That&#8217;s well outside the KNOX broadcasting area, and I haven&#8217;t found an online &#8216;radio station&#8217; for KNOX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh. Wait. I found one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/onlineradiobox.com\/us\/knox\/\">KNOX Radio<\/a><br> Grand Forks, 1310 kHz AM, via Online Radio Box<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Definitely want that cup of coffee. And a few minutes of fresh air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"looking\"><\/a>Looking Back, Thinking Ahead<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasalive\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brendans-island.com\/blogsource\/20200519ff\/20200527-NASA-nasalive-ca318pm-658.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Screen capture, NASA Live: interior of Crew Dragon spacecraft during Demo-2 mission. (May 27, 2020)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But first, links from 2020 that relate to this week&#8217;s post:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/demo-2s-rescheduled-launch\/\">Demo-2&#8217;s Rescheduled Launch<\/a>&#8220;<br>\n(May 30, 2020)<\/li><li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/another-small-step-demo-2\/\">Another Small Step: Demo-2<\/a>&#8220;<br>\n(May 29, 2020)<\/li><li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/one-small-step-in-a-long-journey\/\">&#8216;One Small Step&#8217; in a Long Journey<\/a>&#8220;<br>\n(July 20, 2019)<\/li><li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/apollo-11-50-years-later\/\">Apollo 11, 50 Years Later<\/a>&#8220;<br>\n(July 16, 2019)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And, yes: my son-in-law is mildly famous \ud83d\ude09 :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aaron_McWilliams\">Aaron McWilliams<\/a><br>Wikipedia<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndlegis.gov\/assembly\/65-2017\/members\/house\/representative-aaron-mcwilliams\">Representative Aaron McWilliams<\/a><br>North Dakota Legislative Branch<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the &#8216;up&#8217; side, I&#8217;m getting over what I&#8217;m calling a summer cold. And I&#8217;ve even decided what I&#8217;ll be writing about this week. On the other hand: well, actually, it&#8217;s shaping up to be a pretty good day. 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