A River Of Words, Words About Rivers

by Kevin Burton    Residents of one Alaska neighborhood in my newspaper’s coverage area sought to correct a flooding problem by putting rocks in a river.    Riprap, they called it, which is, as I would learn, “a foundation or sustaining wall of stones or chunks of concrete thrown together without order.”    From that …

Mark Twain And Hannibal To The Rescue

by Kevin Burton    Thirty-six little hours before we were to set sail for Memphis, my wife Jeannette checked the weather.    And we never set sail for Memphis.    The National Weather Service had issued a flood warning covering Memphis at exactly the same time we had planned to hit town. That sort of …

Dear Reader You Are The Very Bestest Ever!

by Kevin Burton    Who doesn’t like to get a compliment every now and then?  Of course that’s not a real question – we all do!    So I say with near certainty, this is your lucky day. It’s World Compliment Day!    No, not National, but World Compliment Day. This is for people all …