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by Kevin Burton What some could see as just a game has enriched me as a person with low vision, in ways I could not have anticipated. The sport is called beep baseball. It has been played in the United States since the 1970s and is now played in Canada, Taiwan and the …
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by Kevin Burton I had been looking forward to and working toward last Friday, my consultation day in a local music studio. So how did it go? A reasonable question, but one without a firm answer at this point. I was pleased with it. It was fun. The time absolutely flew past. …
by Kevin Burton “Your mother!” is the ultimate street putdown because your mother is your ultimate friend. When it doesn’t work out that way for a person, that lack is felt and carried, maybe unexpressed or unacknowledged, but carried nonetheless. If you have somehow overlooked it, today is Mother’s Day. It may …
By Kevin Burton In a recent post about attempting to move forward in a Covidized world, I mentioned a project (“The Covid Question Still Looms Over All,” March 24). I mentioned that some friends asked my wife and me to participate in a major collaborative effort, without giving details. As of Tuesday …
by Kevin Burton Well here it is, go day for me, a musical milestone of sorts, at least I hope. This is the day I get into a local studio for an assessment of sixteen of my original songs. Publishing this post is one of the final things I will do before heading …
By Kevin Burton Do you know the story behind Cinco de Mayo? No, it isn’t the Mexican national Independence Day. That would be Sept. 16. Cinco is the celebration of a famous battle an undermanned Mexican army won over invading French troops at Puebla, Mexico. Puebla is the city I lived in …
by Kevin Burton At Kent State University they say May 4 the way all Americans say Sept. 11, the date being the only reminder needed of an unspeakable tragedy May 4 was the day in 1970 when Ohio National Guardsmen shot 13 Kent State students during a protest of the American invasion of …
By Kevin Burton If you are a regular Page 7 reader, you have heard me talk about my days at the Ohio State School for the Blind. I didn’t want to be there at first, but grew to where I didn’t much want to be anywhere else. Well I now think it …
by Kevin Burton At a church I attended in Columbus years ago, the pastor mistakenly referred to my “wife and kids” one day. Back then I had neither wife nor kids, but his mistake was understandable. I am mentioning this anecdote today as I try to define the term “family.” A good …
by Kevin Burton Once again the Cincinnati Bengals failed in Cleveland. This time it was not on the field but in the NFL draft. The team failed to address its biggest need, offensive line, by passing on tackle Penei Sewell from Oregon to take Ja’Marr Chase a wide receiver from LSU. I’m …
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