by Kevin Burton I open my Uber app. First thing it wants to know, “where to?” Good question. Obvious question, logical. Oh I know exactly where I want to go. And I’m pretty much packed already. Traveling light. But the thing is…well I don’t, you know, strictly speaking, have an actual …
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Catsongs: Music And Cats, Memories And Love
by Kevin Burton Had I had the mind to write this while she was still alive, my late sister Pat would have loved this series. It has been more than five months since she died, and reading that “late sister Pat” line above is still jarring and surreal. This is visceral. Nothing …
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Lessons In Life, Death And A Glorious Hope
by Kevin Burton In a nursing home there is life and there is death. Both are palpable, as ever before. But in all our salad days, we didn’t notice. We were young, we were strong, energetic and smart. We were even hip, and sophisticated – well not quite sophisticated – but surely driving …
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Remembering The Man, Jimmy Carter
by Kevin Burton Classes let out on the day of Jimmy Carter’s inauguration as the 39th President of the United States. So I watched part of it in the library at the Ohio State School for the Blind in Columbus. Carter and his wife Rosalynn famously got out of their limousine and walked …
Blind Cincinnati Woman’s Love Of Music
by John Johnston United Way of Greater Cincinnati (The Cincinnati Enquirer and United Way of Greater Cincinnati have joined forces for the 38th year to help families in need with the Wish List program. After wishes are granted, remaining funds assist people with similar needs throughout the year.) Barbara Liszniewski, who is 79, harbors a …
More Musing On Life, Baseball And Pete Rose
by Kevin Burton One day I answered the phone and instead of a typical getting I heard, “Your boy’s in jail.” Baseball was one of the few things that my father and I could talk about peacefully. But we had a disagreement about Pete Rose. I loved Rose, who died Sept. 30 …
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Cincinnati Baseball Icon Pete Rose Dead At 83
by Kevin Burton This is a story about baseball cards and the souls of men. Or maybe it’s about crime and punishment and fleeting youth. Or maybe this is a Joni Mitchell song in the making; I’ve looked at Pete Rose from both sides now, from glory and shame and still somehow …
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Happy Birthday Little Sister, I Love You
by Kevin Burton There was a day in the 70s when my younger sister Patricia asked me a question. I knew the correct answer to the question, but I lied to her. We were in the basement of our father’s house in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Nobody else was around. “When am I …
I Scream For This Belated Ice Cream Post
by Kevin Burton If I say “better late than never” do you say “amen”? Well in this case, my wife does. National Ice Cream month was last month, July, not August. That I didn’t squeeze out a participatory post in honor of the occasion is a black mark against my blogging record. …
Significant Words About Insignificance
by Kevin Burton You may not have heard of some of the words on today’s list from Merriam-Webster, especially the first one. The dictionary is serving up words about insignificance. But the first offering is from my childhood days at the Ohio State School for the Blind. I may have heard this …
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