by Kevin Burton There is a count-your-blessings exercise I do now and then that usually brings me good cheer. I sit in a chair and keep my head still, but using my straight-ahead and peripheral vision, take in everything I can see. I then consider where it all came from and remembers …
Category Archives: New Year’s Day
True Heartbroken Soul-Searching Repentance
by Kevin Burton From the tiny Old Testament book of Joel comes a big idea. It’s quite a good notion any time, perhaps more so on this New Year’s Eve. If you’re doing some soul searching this time of year, you’re not alone. Joel 2:13 is one of my memory verses. Alistair …
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Forgotten Words Inhabit Christmas Songs
by Kevin Burton Christmas brings with it a combination of the most modern of gifts under the tree and the most old-timey of words used to sing about it. Merriam-Webster dictionary has compiled a list of words we seldom encounter outside of Christmas songs. We bring you more of those today, and we …
Interesting Facts About Fast Food Chains
by Kevin Burton Pretty sure I have mentioned on Page 7 that I don’t do New Year’s resolutions. Here’s a possible clarification for 2024. What I should have said is I don’t get close to the new calendar year and make a resolution, just to have one. There is one that occurs …
Hey You Go-Getters, It’s Not Your Day
by Kevin Burton Today is National Quitters Day. You can handle that one, right? I sure can. Even I can be a high achiever on Quitters Day. Just throw up your hands and say, “I’m out!” Why not make every day National Quitters Day? Today is also Friday the 13th. So …
Look Both Ways Before You Enter 2022
by Kevin Burton Did you know being hit by a bus a New Year’s Day is a sign of bad luck to come? Not to worry though kids, many of the busses aren’t running today. So I just said without saying it that I don’t think much of New Year’s superstitions. You can …
This Scottish Song Brings In New Years
by Kevin Burton As December fades and January rushes in, one song is ubiquitous. Every year without fail, time zone by time zone, it’s difficult to avoid “Auld Lang Syne.” It’s the song of New Year’s Eve, nostalgia and old friends. “Auld Lang Syne is an international anthem and one of Scotland’s …
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