by Nathan Frederick Good News Network Two cat tales today, one of fire, one of water. A mechanical issue started a fire in a Utah apartment building recently that sent the entire five-story structure ablaze in a matter of minutes. Residents in the Salt Lake City suburb—and their pets—were evacuated from the …
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Page 7 Lumbers Into The Windows 11 Era
by Kevin Burton It’s been almost five years since Microsoft released Windows 11. Now, this humble blogger is on board. As I type this, I’ve been using it for maybe an hour. Did I come kicking and screaming to 11? Not exactly, but you can see I didn’t rush into it headlong and …
Country Music Icon Dolly Parton Dies At 80
by Kevin Burton Sometimes at the movies, the writers ask you to suspend disbelief. For one 70s song, I couldn’t do it. The song is “Jolene” by Dolly Parton. In a quivering delivery, Dolly begs this Jolene character, “please don’t take my man.” I just never could buy that. I thought, …
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Reading To Mom From “The Blue Book”
by Kevin Burton We called it the Blue Book, and it was/is a gift from God, via Grand Rapids. There was a season, still very fresh in memory, when my mother, having slowly lost most of her abilities, was bedridden, periodically quite discouraged, badly in need of comfort. Toward the end of …
Love To Carly Simon, The Person And Artist
by Kevin Burton We now know her body to be ailing, but the art of Carly Simon is vibrant, alive and well. So, this post represents a bit of a puzzle for me, an exercise in basic journalism and in basic humanity. It’s a reality check. Carly Simon just had a birthday …
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Mom Gave Me Birth, Gave Back My Birthday
by Kevin Burton Today we talk birthdays on what would have been my mother’s 92nd. She died May 4, leaving an unfillable hole in my heart and life. She is gone from this life but far, far from forgotten. There were many special days while mom was with us. Birthdays were among the …
Is Ringo’s New Record Better Than Paul’s
by Kevin Burton I’ve had a ton of fun writing about pop music on Page 7. But I have juuuuust about talked myself out of the notion that I am any kind of knowledgeable, creditable music critic. And I’m getting close to swearing off all music critics. I mean, we like what we …
Missing My Mom And Defining “Carry On”
by Kevin Burton “And when one of us is gone, and one of us is left to carry on, then remembering will have to do..” “You and Me Against The World” Helen Reddy The first song I played after learning of my mother’s death on May 4, was “First Morning In Heaven,” by The …
Study Says Music And The Arts Slow Aging
by Good News Network Culture vultures who regularly take part in arts activities—such as listening to music, visiting a museum, or reading—may be slowing the pace of their biological aging, according to a new study. Researchers from University College London looked at blood test data and survey responses from more than 3,500 adults …
The Road, The Race And The Finish Line
by Kevin Burton Most of the words I share today come from Truth For Life, the Cleveland ministry founded by Alistair Begg. But I also imagine them coming also from my late mother. They are words she might well have spoken in her final days. Mom died May 4. She had close …
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