by Kevin Burton Certain food just calls out my name. Pizza comes to mind. Know what I mean? And it doesn’t have to shout either. I am listening for its call on Friday nights, really most nights. I haven’t heard too much from cauliflower though. But last week I learned I should …
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Childfree By Choice: No Kids, No Regrets
by Kevin Burton When Mrs. Groves went around the room asking us fifth graders how many children we wanted to have when we grew up, my answer was two, three or at the most four. This was part of sex education class. Well, you really shouldn’t hold a person to anything they say …
Great Kitchen Marriage: Mac And Cheese
by Kevin Burton Today is the national day for what apparently is a regional dish, macaroni and cheese. Macaroni and Cheese is comfort food for many of us. I have seen it as a much-needed point of agreement. So I hate to insert a note of controversy here. But…. But upon just …
Dr. Pepper Is The Choice At My House
by Kevin Burton Finally I am on the right side of the great consumer steamroller. Usually the foods and other products I like exist in the financial fringes. Marginal sales, minimal customer appeal, and a tenuous position in the marketplace; that is usually where my go-to stuff is, always in danger of being …
I Guess Static Cling Is A Thing After All
by Kevin Burton Serving up quibbles and bits for Saturday breakfast on Page 7. Stray ideas, quick hitters, random asides. It’s food for thought, albeit maybe not real deep thought….. So, I spent the first 90 percent of my workday Friday with a washcloth stuffed inside my shirt. I put on a …
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Just Say “No” To The Fourth Crockpot
by Kevin Burton You’ve been there I’m sure, where I was Sunday. I called it “crawl out of it” day. Perhaps you can think of a better term. The idea is part getting back into a normal routine and part creating a better routine. I felt as if I hadn’t quite recovered …
Latter-Day David Saves Sister With Slingshot
by Kevin Burton So now you know two stories involving a slingshot. And two extraordinary stories they are. Thirteen-year-old Owen Burns heard his sister screaming earlier this month, then looked out a window to see someone trying to kidnap her. Burns grabbed what he had at hand, what he was familiar with, …
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Murder She Wrote: Author Under Arrest
by Faith Karini, Andi Babineau and Sara Finch, CNN Kouri Richins’ husband was found dead at the foot of their bed last March. She’d just closed on a house for her business, she told investigators at the time. Around 9 p.m., she brought her husband, Eric Richins, a celebratory Moscow Mule cocktail in …
Take Care Of Mom As She Took Care of You
by Kevin Burton From the cross, the most difficult circumstance imaginable, Jesus took care of His earthly mother. He knew He was ending his earthly walk and He was telling the disciple John to meet her needs. “So when Jesus saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said …
Home Decluttering Means No To Garage Sales
by Kevin Burton Just two hours on a recent Tuesday greatly enhanced how we feel about our house, and all we did was open the front door. Electricians came and executed six of the seven small projects we had scheduled. The seventh is much more involved than we thought because of the way …
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