by Kevin Burton Hamburg is a city in Germany about twice the size of Columbus, Ohio. Don’t know too much else about it. Except that it was the proving ground that turned the Beatles from a pretty good club band to the best band of the rock and roll era. Best band …
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With Baseball, Here Comes The Sun
by Kevin Burton Baseball is back! In a virus-sick world where we can use some good news, I say this qualifies. Did you know birds that sing in the spring, sing about baseball? Spend time proving me wrong if you wish, but why? Instead, why not busy yourself wiping joy from your cheeks, …
Shut Up Spell Check, I’m Communicating!
by Kevin Burton Though I write the Page 7 blog alone, there is someone who talks back to me about its content from time to time. No, I don’t mean my wife Jeannette who proofreads the copy for typos and tone. I’m talking about spell check. Spell check has saved my literary …
Favorite Songs With Pink In The Title
by Kevin Burton Pink is the girliest color, ever. It’s the favorite color of the girliest granddaughter I have. OK, I just have the one granddaughter, but anyway, she takes the cake, the pink cake. Here comes a list in a hue she would heartily endorse, although it’s not all suitable for eight-year-old …
What To Do If You Are Angry With God
by Kevin Burton With the luxury of thousands of years and thousands of miles of separation from the scene, we all come up with the right answer to this question. But hang on just a second. Do yourself a favor, apply the question to yourself, right here in 2021 and see how you …
One Man’s Treasure From The Blind School
by Kevin Burton The least attractive piece of furniture I own might be the most precious. It’s a night stand by my bed that didn’t begin its furniture life as a night stand. For the back story we go way back to my time at the Ohio State School for the Blind. …
Sports Hate Is A Thing, But What Is It?
by Kevin Burton My mother used to get on me for saying I “hated’ certain sports figures or teams. She wanted me to say instead that I didn’t appreciate this or that about them. Well OK, call it sports hate then. When I say I love my wife and I also love …
The Covid Question Still Looms Over All
by Kevin Burton Some friends have asked my wife and me to take part in a major collaborative project this summer. We have taken a few timid steps toward being able to participate. But none of the questions they have asked can be answered on their own terms. Covid 19 is the first …
Favorite Songs With Silver In The Title
by Kevin Burton Silver is second best at the Olympics. Silver lining is a consolation prize. Yet silver is shiny, gray with a smile on. Because of silver’s status as second best your bonus track is “Be My Number Two,” by Joe Jackson. This is one heart-weary love song, performed by the British …
No Avoiding The Question: Who Is Jesus?
by Kevin Burton In Mark chapter eight, Jesus asks the disciples two questions. The first sets up the second. The second sets up the rest of your life. This is the seventh installment of our series Ten Questions from the Bible. Our question for today came from Jesus as he was walking with …
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