A Return to Adventure. The host for this show is Ken Burtness. The guest is Mary Burtness. Between Coronavirus and world unrest, people have been staying close to home. No longer. 2023 has become the year to take to road. Whether by plane, train, bus, car, ship, or on foot, people are venturing out. Travel […]
O’ahu Writers Retreat (Finding Happiness in Hard Times)
North Shore Writing Inspiration. The host for this show is Ken Burtness. The guests are Constance Hale and Chris McKinney. Life is filled with distractions, especially in cities where people, tasks and responsibilities are always demanding attention. Finding time for new projects, even highly desired ones, is hard. If activities are quickly started and quickly […]
Letting Go of Writing Fear (Coronavirus and Our Mental Health)
Overcoming the Blank Page. The host for this show is Ken Burtness. The guests are Tamara Moan, Jamie McOuat and Penny Pence Smith. Life is a multi-emotional continuum, from joy to despair, from interest to boredom, from positive to negative. One of the great negative emotions is fear, and one of the great fears is […]
The Magic of Libraries (Coronavirus and Our Mental Health)
A Refuge of Words, Pictures, and Thoughts. The host for this show is Ken Burtness. The guest is Brian Richardson. Learning to read gives one a lifetime pass to the world of books. And libraries are the theater of the mind that opens its doors when that pass is presented. In this theater the vast […]
A Gathering of Friends (Coronavirus and Our Mental Health)
Full Moon Celebration. The host for this show is Ken Burtness. The guest is David Butts. What is the most important thing in a person’s life? Is it money? Possessions? Public adulation? Many people would say, ‘friends.’ Friends provide support, caring, understanding, and acceptance – essentials to a healthy happy life. During the pandemic many […]
Return to the World (Coronavirus and Our Mental Health)
Back to Being Yourself. The host for this show is Ken Burtness. The guest is Nanette Orman. During the pandemic lockdown, people were separated from family, friends, people. Many felt like they had become hermits. As the pandemic lengthened, people felt more alone, more isolated. After two years when the restrictions were finally loosened, many […]
Acting Versus Being Oneself (Coronavirus and Our Mental Health)
Great Actresses. The host for this show is Ken Burtness. The guest is Greg MacDonald. The harder life is, the more stress the individual is under, the harder it is to do it alone, the more people need friends. Friends help, friends support, friends are open and honest, friends can be trusted. People become friends […]
A Dark Cloud Lingering (Coronavirus and Our Mental Health)
Three Years of Covid. The host for this show is Ken Burtness. The world was little prepared when the coronavirus storm hit; a storm that would not clear, a storm that knew no boundaries, traveled to all points on the compass, a storm that spared no countries, no cultures, no people; a global storm of […]
The Joy of Weddings (Coronavirus and Our Mental Health)
Love for all Seasons. The host for this show is Ken Burtness. The guest is Toni Baran. Maya Angelou said, ‘Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.’ For many, weddings are the destination. It is a joyful day, but it also can be […]
The Joy of Bicycle Riding (Coronavirus and Our Mental Health)
Around the World on Two Wheels. The host for this show is Ken Burtness. The guests are Steven Katz and Tamara Moan. People love automobiles. Traveling from home to work to social events, driving becomes habit. People have time to think about the next step in their busy day along the familiar route, their driving […]