Happy 80th Birthday To The Great Bob Seger

by Kevin Burton    Bob Seger’s highest charting song is not the song closest to his heart, nor, I’m guessing, is it foremost in the esteem of his true-blue fans.    The beloved singer-songwriter from Ann Arbor, Michigan  turns 80 today. So I looked up his chart history to see if he had ever had …

Blind Woman Wants To Cycle New Zealand

by Radio New Zealand    An Invercargill woman is on a mission to become the first blind wahine toa to cycle the length of Aotearoa.    Hannah Pascoe came seventh in the tandem women’s road race at the Para Cycling Road World Cup in May.    She told First Up that as she was moving towards retirement, …

Living On Scrapper Time In 2023

by Kevin Burton    Got a call I really, really needed May. 20. It got my juices flowing again.    Which juices? My beep baseball and competition juices.    Yes, let this serve as the official announcement: I have unretired from the sport of beep baseball again, this time to play for the Cleveland Scrappers. …

Retirement Practice Makes Perfect, I Hope

by Kevin Burton    I’ve got retirement fever now. May it spark in me a desire for discipline.     Retirement has been on my mind for a while, but the taste for it was whetted during our recent vacation, spent mostly in Nebraska and South Dakota. We called the trip retirement practice. I would say …