by Kevin Burton You can take the boy from Carolina but you will never extract Carolina from James Taylor. That’s how it works. Our inner compass points toward home. When we can’t be there physically, our minds take us there. Sometimes it’s better that way. Just as Penny Lane is in the …
Why God Gives Us What He Gives Us
by Kevin Burton The strength God supplies you, the material resources, the breath of life itself, were given for a reason. Service. There is joy in the Lord, but we as Christians are not on a joyride here on earth. We have a job to do. “For we are His workmanship, created …
Discrimination Common For The Disabled
by Julia Metraux Mother Jones After becoming blind in his late 20s, designer and artist Marco Salsiccia had to learn to navigate the world through assistive technology—like a screen reader, software that speaks digital text and image descriptions aloud. Leveraging that experience, Salsiccia began work as an accessibility specialist, eventually working part-time at a well-known …
A Moment With Mom And Sweet Victory
by Kevin Burton My mother doesn’t know anything about fantasy football, but she knows a lot about perseverance. Both truths were evident Monday night. I was watching Monday Night Football when she called, and she was still on the line with me when the game ended. To set the scene: …
Robot Cane Device For The Blind Being Tested
by Kevin Burton Researchers are testing what they believe will be a revolutionary robotic mobility device for the blind. This is not your father’s cane. The device, called “Glide,” was demonstrated Saturday at the sixth annual Robot Block Party, a celebration of robotics, held in Boston. “The device incorporates robotics, sensors, and …
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Going Willy Nilly Into Rhyming Words
by Kevin Burton Who doesn’t love a good rhyme? We’re serving up a full platter of them today with rhyming words, courtesy of our friends at Merriam-Webster. They are called reduplicative words. Some are hyphenated, some are compound words, some separated into two words. But they are all fun. Hocus-Pocus: nonsense or sham …
Disneyland Cats Are Always On The Job
by Caroline Brigagao insidethemagic.com It’s no news that Disney Parks hide some special park features in plain sight, like the hidden suite in Cinderella Castle, Walt Disney’s apartment at Magic Kingdom in Disneyland Park, and the private members-only Club 33, also located in Disneyland Park. However, Disneyland Resort in California focuses a lot of its attention on a “secret attraction” in …
Laugh Makers, Head Shakers And The Big Fear
by Kevin Burton I am passing this list of probably true-life anecdotes for the sake of humor – I think. I got it of from a fellow alum of the Ohio State School for the Blind. There was no attribution so I am not sure who compiled them. These short notes have me …
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It’s Black Coffee Or No Coffee At All
by Kevin Burton Let’s get a few things straight right up front. We’re all friends here, yes? The various sugars, sugar substitutes, creams, potions, spices, flavors, elixirs – chief among them pumpkin of any kind – these things that otherwise upstanding people put into coffee, these things individually and collectively are an abomination. …
48 Hours The Movie, Starring Our New Cat
by Kevin Burton This is a happy cat story – thank God. I wasn’t so happy around mid-day yesterday though. Sunday after church we ran a special errand, to pick up Lakin, our new 6-year-old cat. The cat rescue place told us Saturday that she had just had her shots and we …
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