by Kevin Burton National Pizza Day was Feb. 9 and I missed it. That is truly annoying. Seemingly every day of the year has some kind of national celebration attached to it. Most of them wash over me like the farm report. I don’t have any interest in barrows and gilts so I …
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Favorite Songs With Gray In The Title
by Kevin Burton That color that falls midway between black and white, the British tend to spell it with an e, the yanks with an a. Ever notice that? You will see both spellings on this week’s edition of Flying Colors. I will go with the spelling that the artist used. So …
How Will You Answer God’s Invitation?
By Kevin Burton On this, the fifth installment of our 10 Questions from the Bible series, you get two for the price of one, sort of. The first question is perhaps the most important in all the Bible. It is asked by a jailer to those noted earthquake singers Paul and Silas. The …
Stay Tuned For The Quarantine Olympics
It’s game on. The 2021 Yahtzee challenge has been issued and accepted. Jeannette loves to tell the story of one of our first dates when we went bowling. I assured her that I wasn’t very good and we would just have a fun time. I was telling the truth, I’m pretty dreadful …
Football Fans Rejoice In Spring Season
By Kevin Burton Are you ready for some football? Yes, football. Yes, now. With no leadership coming from the NCAA, college football conferences reacted individually in September to the covid chaos. Some chose to play, some to delay a month or so. Some chose to play in conference only. Some chose to …
Songs With Two Or More Flying Colors
by Kevin Burton A co-worker once told me she didn’t have a favorite color, she liked colors in combination. She was an artist, so I get that. And I buy into variety being a spice of life, so why not with colors? Displayed properly, colors bring out the best in each other. …
A Love You Can Count On Forever
by Kevin Burton We’ve had some fun looking at Valentine’s Day this week from different angles. The big day is finally here! Depending on your circumstances Valentine’s Day is a magic carpet ride, butterflies in your stomach, a pain in the heart, maybe a pain in the neck. It may be sweet …
Now Every Day Is Valentine’s Day
by Kevin Burton How shock-to-the-system, how literary thriller, how puppy dog energy, how dawn of discovery, and can it be, acceptance, the late-life fact that every day is Valentine’s Day. No. Didn’t say that Valentine’s Day is an everyday day. I said every day is Valentine’s Day. Every day is an envelope, …
Encouraging Words For Singles On Feb. 14
by Kevin Burton Last year just before Valentine’s Day I heard on KEYN radio that 15 percent of people will either give themselves a gift or buy a valentine card for themselves on Feb. 14. The valentine part struck me as odd, so I wrote it up as a blog post complete with …
Hey Baby, They’re Playing Our Song!
by Kevin Burton For every romance there’s a soundtrack, am I wrong? Certain songs where the first notes of the introduction transport you to that special place. Every couple has a story. Sometimes a favorite singer will sum it up with lyrics in a way they hadn’t thought of. The music underneath it …
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