by Kevin Burton OK, here we go, here’s some news I can use! People who consume chili pepper may live longer and may have a significantly reduced risk of dying of heart disease or cancer, according to preliminary research conducted by the Cleveland Clinic. As we used to say in high school, …
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Saying Good-bye To My Little Girl
by Kevin Burton (This is the fifth of a five-part series about a good friend, my cat Mex.) My favorite afghan was also my cat’s favorite. Give us a lazy NFL Sunday, a recliner, maybe a snack, and that’s what’s for Sunday. You could count on it, me and Mex sleeping through …
NBBA Board Wants To Play Ball In 2021
by Kevin Burton The governing body of beep baseball on Saturday put the sport on a course to return to playing in 2021. All sports have had some level of interruption this year because of the Coronavirus. For the National Beep Baseball Association, it meant not playing a world series for the first …
Mex Becomes A Mature Adult Stepcat
by Kevin Burton My cat Mex bought into the new normal quickly after I moved her to Kansas from Ohio in 2005. She had her own bathroom technically, the one where there could be cat litter on the floor. That part of my life not governed by beep baseball or work was full …
Ohio Street Cat Moves To Kansas
by Kevin Burton With so much space at the house in Yellow Springs, my cat Mex and I started a game I called “chase the kitty.” It was a real chase without catching her as an object. The purpose was to do something together, to get some exercise, whatever. I would always use …
Talking Music After The Album Challenge
by Kevin Burton Today’s album challenge post will close the curtain on the series. This thing could go on forever. There are enough musical paintings in my mind’s eye to fill multiple galleries. I am charting a new course for Tuesday blog posts about music. For the occasion, I talked with old …
Headlong, Headstrong, Spit In The Wind
by Kevin Burton (This is part two of a five-part series remembering a great friend, my cat Mex.) My little girl kitten was named “Mex” in honor of my time in Mexico. My Mexican interlude was a triumphant time when through the working of God I got a teaching job in somebody …
This Is No Time For Complacency
by Kevin Burton To Biden supporters and those who dislike the current president, I understand your celebratory mood. I get it. But here’s one word of advice for those ready to exhale. Don’t. You can’t afford it. The country can’t afford it. Many people put in years of hard work to get …
The Beginning Of A Beautiful Friendship
by Kevin Burton It wasn’t a Walkman, it was an off brand, essentially the same. Most days I took it with me to listen to my tunes on the short bus ride down High Street in Columbus, to my job as an office assistant. One day I turn it on, no sound, no …
The Christian Poetry Of Susan Ashton
by Kevin Burton In college, I was the guy arguing that rock and roll is poetry. I was probably saying it is the real poetry. No, not the “Shake Your Booty,” kind of rock. We’re talking the “Sounds of Silence” or “Both Sides Now,” that kind. Real poetry, as opposed to someone …
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