by Kevin Burton Looking for a source of quick energy and nutrition? You picked a great day for it. Step right up. It’s Eat Brussels Sprouts day! The day is celebrated Jan. 31 each year, according to nationaltoday.com. “Brussels sprouts belong to the Gemmifera group of cabbages, which are grown for their …
Category Archives: England
British Fish And Chips Is Endangered, Why?
by Josh Lederman NBC News HASTINGS, England — Ever since she was old enough to walk, Terrilea Coglan was climbing aboard fishing boats that set sail each morning from the rocky beachfront of Hastings to harvest the key ingredient in Britain’s most iconic dish: fish and chips. The day’s catch travels just a short …
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Blind Marathon Runner Marries Her Guide
by Rebekah Absalom The Daily Mail A blind marathon runner has tied the knot with her guide after falling in love over the seven years he accompanied her on Parkrun. Kelly Barton, from Southport, Merseyside, met Mike Leatherbarrow in 2016 when he navigated her through a Saturday morning 5K race. The pair remained committed …
New Beatles Song Is Neither Now Nor Then
by Kevin Burton Think of the individual Beatles’ colossal talents, with egos to match. Think of the group putting together an album. It’s John Lennon trying to get his songs on the record, Paul McCartney doing the same and George Harrison fighting to be heard at all. There is creativity, artistry, but …
One Final Encore For The Beatles
by Kevin Burton I’m guessing the final Beatles song, to be released later this week, will be neither a bang, nor a whimper. Or maybe it will be a bang, and a whimper and everything in between. That would be fitting for a band that was and is “ way beyond compare” to …
Carolina And The Mind Of James Taylor
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 …
Groom Wears Blindfold To Honor Blind Bride
by Heather Campbell Deadline News Lucy Edwards lost her eyesight at just 17 due to a rare genetic condition called incontinentia pigmenti, and married beau Ollie in an intimate wedding ceremony in Kew Gardens, London last month. The 27-year-old took a unique approach to her big day though, requesting that her hubby and …
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Do You Still Write Personal Letters?
by Kevin Burton Here’s a shoutout to Angie in Michigan, Linda in England and to hundreds of others who made this post possible. It’s World Letter Writing Day according to the National Day Calendar. I am still a practitioner of the art. Back in the day, I was an extreme practitioner. A …
Tell A Stranger About Philadelphia Freedom
by Kevin Burton Trying to wrestle down he lighter-than-air 70s anthem “Philadelphia Freedom” by Elton John is like trying to tell a stranger ‘bout rock and roll. You kind of can’t. You can parse the words if you like, look into its origins, the elements that went into it. But in the end …
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How Horse Logic Rules The Whole World
by Kevin Burton You have to wonder sometimes, why things are the way they are. Who exactly is running the asylum? Not sure who first came up with the quip that status quo is Latin for “the mess we’s in.” Later in life I have learned to not ask certain things. If …
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