Three Things That All Great Listeners Do

by Allie Volpe Vox    Most of us would like to believe we’re good listeners — but the truth is, we all struggle to really pay attention when someone else is talking.    “Most of the time when you ask people, ‘How well do you think you’re doing at listening to people?,’ they’re going to …

Penny For Your Thoughts, Feline Daughters

by Kevin Burton    They have ways of expressing themselves, but my cats don’t speak any English or Spanish, so I don’t always know what they are thinking.    Do I really want to know what they are thinking?  Well, we can’t know, which is probably for the best.    But I did stumble upon …

Songwriting School, Class In Session

by Kevin Burton    International Songwriters Day was observed yesterday and I’m staying on that theme.     This post is a service to all you songwriters, or really any kind of writers, out there. But who am I kidding, it’s also to keep my head in the game and stoke those musical fires again.    …

Curiosity, Kevspeak And What To Call A Street

by Kevin Burton   I am a former fulltime newspaper reporter, but maybe my wife Jeannette would have been better than I was.    Maybe much better.    She stuns me with the questions she asks sometimes.  She’s just so curious.  Me?  I am so not curious, I’ve had to come up with a euphemism …