The older I get, the more I know, the less I understand.” Growing up in a protected, small Midwestern farm

I have been walking around in adulthood for several years now and I must confess, since my arrival I have

Well, since the time of Burton, I have arrived and spent some time walking around in adulthood and upon my

Adults yet still kids, possessors of keys and cars with the right to drive, drink, smoke, vote, and buy boats.

When I was in high school – not yet an adult but beginning to hear the term “young adult” being

Upon arriving in adulthood, I was excited to be a part of the great human system responsible for everything that

In the mid eighteen hundreds more Scandinavians including Norwegians began to move to the Midwest and into the newly formed

In the small bars that still line the main street, whispers, gasps, quiet laughter, heads shake and nod when the

We didn’t take things too seriously and we stopped to have fun when and where fun and excitement came before

Burton was special yet not unique in bringing unique creativity and distinctiveness to our countryside and the surrounding communities, but