by Kevin Burton Working title for my book on aging: “I’m Not Growing Old, I’m Just Growing, and other lies we tell ourselves as we age.” Sigh. I always love waking up and getting a day older. What I don’t love is waking up on my birthday and getting a year older. …
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“Eleanor Rigby” Sprang From Genius
by Kevin Burton Since there won’t be any more Lennon/McCartney songs, the next best thing is a Lennon/McCartney story. That is what we got Oct. 18 in a New Yorker piece by Paul McCartney about the song “Eleanor Rigby.” It starts with this tidbit: “My mum’s favorite cold cream was Nivea, and …
Tell The Truth (In Love!) About Halloween
by Kevin Burton If you’re looking for proof of societal spiritual blindness, you need look no further than the celebration of Halloween. What is passed off as being a benign, sugar-soaked party for children, has with it much darker elements that are a danger to children and adults alike. But this danger …
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Let’s See If I Really Know My ABCs
by Kevin Burton One day my kindergarten teacher Mrs. Wolf asked me, “Kevin, do you know your ABCs?” “My good woman,” I replied, “if you are referring to the English aaal-phabet, then yes, I suppose I do know my A-B-Cs. May I be of some assistance to you in this matter?” It …
“Fantasy Brain” Is Wrecking The USA
by Kevin Burton Managing a fantasy football team has totally changed the way I watch the NFL. And it may have given me insight into post-national America. In fantasy sports, you draft and “manage” a handful of players you predict will do well, pitting your team against other teams created in the same …
Shelf At Work Takes Me Back In Time
by Kevin Burton A piece of my past was hiding in plain sight in my work space about two feet above my right shoulder. I’m still getting used to the surroundings at my part-time clerical job at a local church. The place is a maze! Thankfully, my job duties don’t take me around …
Huge Hit “Maggie May” Almost Discarded
by Kevin Burton The smash hit that was number one on the American pop chart fifty years ago today was almost tossed aside. It was included on Rod Stewart’s “Every Picture Tells A Story” LP at the last minute, according to the entry in the Billboard Book of Number One Hits. One …
Getting The Lay Of Your Spiritual Land
by Kevin Burton This fourth-period class at the Earthly School for the Spiritually Blind is one many of you will not be familiar with. At the school for the blind we had a class called “Orientation and Mobility” to teach us how to navigate our surroundings safely with the use of certain tools …
“The Electric Company” Brought The Power
by Kevin Burton Fifty years ago a technicolor light was turned on. For me it still shines. The premier episode of The Electric Company aired on PBS on Oct. 25, 1971. The show makes a very short list of my favorite television shows ever. It burst forth on PBS in the wake …
High-Profile Vaccination Firing At WSU
by Kevin Burton Former Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich will sue the state of Washington after his firing with cause for refusing the Covid 19 vaccine, ESPN reported. Monday was the deadline set by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee for state employees to be vaccinated. Rolovich and four assistant coaches were fired Monday …
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