Old-school news, just in time
by Kevin Burton Did you know there is a Memphis, Missouri? Fewer than 2,000 people live there. We came perilously close to joining them on vacation two weeks ago. We had planned to see the big Memphis – the BB King-Jerry Lee Lewis-Johnny Cash Memphis – but a flood warning for the …
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by Kevin Burton How fitting that my story about Super Bowl LIX (59) begins with a tale of excessive sleeping. On the Saturday before Super Sunday I was supposed to go to a local butcher shop and get some ribs that would serve as the centerpiece of a super feast. Incredibly, I slept …
by Kevin Burton My first editor used to say there are no boring towns, only boring people. I am with him on that. I always smiled at the thought of his then kindergarten-age daughter repeating that at school and getting into trouble. No idea if that ever happened. When my wife was …
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