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Jeff Gill
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Pies are in the oven. Time to start inflating the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade balloons!
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Thinking things through…
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Still crazy.
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"Senator, we're both a part of the same hypocrisy."
~ Michael Corleone
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"Senator, we're both a part of the same hypocrisy."
~ Michael Corleone
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Preaching this Sunday for Woodside Presbyterian Church in Newark, 10:30 am on Nov. 16th, from the lectionary reading Malachi 4:1-2a under the title "A good cooking campfire."

Truth be told, I'm likely to read from Malachi 3:16 to 4:6, about what will be forgotten, and what will endure forever.
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Watching TV & as the ads go by realize w/ my non-bright teeth, untreated patches of eczema, occasional bouts of deep sadness, excess weight, & occasional extended intervals of physical discomfort from pain to digestive disruption: should be taking many, many more medications than I am. Oh well!
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Around 9:30 pm the aurora was strengthening, but low in the north, and mostly needing a phone camera to see beyond a vague glow to the eye alone.
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
On the east edge of Granville, OH we have hints of aurora behind the clouds… but more are coming from the west, darn it.
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
God bless their memory.
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Sometimes, doing the best you can isn’t good enough, and you just have to live with that. Praying for acceptance, and for peace.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
A marvelous night for a moonrise, with the Newark Earthworks Center hosting the program, walking tour, & viewing.
November 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
“Nothing exists for itself alone, but only in relation to other forms of life.”

~ Charles Darwin
November 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Great turnout for our volunteer orientation evening for the Emergency Warming Center effort in Licking County, again hosted this winter at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on W. Main Street in Newark. Many thanks to all the task force members who helped make this work!
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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The threshold for activation is when overnight lows are anticipated to be 10 degrees or lower; at that standard, we were open 18 nights last winter. Shifts run from opening and suppertime to breakfast, with high need for midnight shift volunteers!
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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...someone interested in volunteering to get a quick overview of what we do. It will be done within one hour, and no obligation or commitment is involved by attending! We continue to expand our volunteer pool, and you can sign up at the link here to stay on our email list.
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Tonight, 6:00 pm at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on W. Main St. (between Rt. 79 and 21st St. on the north side), we will have a short orientation meeting in advance of our 8th winter operation season for the Emergency Warming Center effort. This is aimed mostly at people who might bring along...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Former US VP Dick Cheney has died at 84.
November 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Democracy at work in Granville: polls open to 7:30 pm.
November 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Day’s end, from west to east.
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A good night with creepy weather on Bantry Street.
October 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
For those asking: my Remnants walking tour on Saturday, Nov. 1, is rain or shine! We gather at the bronze map in front of the Great Circle Museum at 9 am, will walk about 3.5 miles and take around 3 hours, back at noon or just after. If there's lightning or high wind, we cancel.
October 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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“…you get a dying quail, just one more dying quail a week ... and you're in [Dodger] Stadium.”

~ Crash Davis, “Bull Durham” (1988)
October 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“Know what the difference between hitting .250 and .300 is? It's 25 hits - 25 hits in 500 at-bats is 50 points. There's six months in a season, that's about 25 weeks. That means if you get just one extra flare a week - just one - you get a ground ball with eyes…

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October 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Events are moving too fast. No, it’s not just you. You’re welcome!
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM