by Kevin Burton The inside photo is the most evocative of the two that come with “Decades of Creation” an album by Alison Trelfa. That one shows her seated on a porch swing, holding her ukulele and smiling. That picture lets you know you’re at home with Alison Trelfa, who is at home …
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Discovering The Music Of Alison Trelfa
by Kevin Burton Alison Trelfa can’t recall a time without music. You could say music filled the world surrounding her as a girl, to paraphrase one of her favorite songs. On weekends home from the Royal Victoria School for the Blind, Trelfa would usually spend the Saturday at rehearsals for her mother’s …
No Need For Fake Commutes At My House
by Kevin Burton Working from home is one of the virus-era changes that I think is here to stay. It continues to be a necessity for many and it just makes a lot of sense for employers and employees alike. But some people are having trouble with one aspect of home …
Brighter Days And Plans That Work Out
by Kevin Burton Last month I assured my mother and the rest of the family that a certain cabinet would fit under a certain table. She was moving, in a hurry, and we were strategizing. She was going to assisted living, going from eight rooms to four. A lot of stuff would have …
The Hall Call That Pete Rose Never Got
by Kevin Burton An open letter to a “friend” of sorts, Pete Rose. Dear Pete, In my house I always had to defend you. My father didn’t respect you, said you got all your hits with two outs and nobody on and hit into double plays with men on. I never …
“Songs In The Attic” Closes Another Show
by Kevin Burton Do you have certain albums you play to set certain moods? Like a baseball manager has a closer, there is one album I go to when one era of life is ending and another beginning. I moved a lot in my 20s and I listened to Billy Joel a …
Prayer Needed For Tough Family Decisions
by Kevin Burton I went literary on you last Friday. Hope that was OK. I wrote about my mother moving to an assisted living facility and the parallels for that move and my move to the Ohio State School for the Blind as a fourth grader in 1972 (“Love, Tears And Doing The …
Love, Tears And Doing The Right Thing
by Kevin Burton This is a story about a boy and his mother. The mother has thought things through. She will push through the pain. She is doing the right thing. She is resolute. The big house on the corner? The boy will be leaving that now. He will be back on …
Kansas Nice: My Tribute To A Great Blog
by Kevin Burton Well I’ve never been to Heaven, but I’ve been to North Dakota. Well they tell me I was born there, but I really don’t remember. That of course is borrowed from the Three Dog Night song “Never Been to Spain.” I put my own spin on it to give a …
Life Lessons From A Loving Family Man
by Kevin Burton I think of Herb Beauchamp and I keep coming back to the IRS term, “head of household.” Tomorrow is Father’s Day. It will be the first for my wife Jeannette without her father Herb. He is still very much alive in a lot of ways that truly matter. Lessons taught, …
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