Jun 5, 2019 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener (This is an encore column from the Curt Comments Archives.) As a youth I loved going to Grandma & Grandpa’s farm near Dudleytown. And I suppose my Mom & Dad appreciated the break from reining in a rambunctious rascal of a son. Grandma always...
May 29, 2019 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener We have all made predictions that not only didn’t come true. Maybe they were 180° from what actually happened. Here are some of the more “Durn, I wish I hadn’t said that” looks into the future back then. “Computers in the future may weigh more than 1.5...
May 1, 2019 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Education is a lifelong process. Particularly when one must use words in his line of work. I do have diplomas somewhere that say I completed high school and college classes, but most of my knowledge came from HKU…Hard Knocks University. Seat of the...
Apr 3, 2019 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener There are signs that the wilderness is returning to life after a winter slumber. The birds at our feeder are changing into their bright warm weather plumage…all except for the cardinals that seem to have brighter red feathers against the winter snow....
Mar 13, 2019 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Today we are in the middle of Sunshine Week 2019. No, dear reader, this is not a week when they sun must shine and warm us up a bit…though it would be welcome. Sunshine Week, which highlights the importance of open government, was established in 2005...
Feb 27, 2019 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener February is Black History month, so as we approach its final day, some quotes from civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are in order. There were fitting when said; they are more fitting in 2019. Our thanks to Professor Ron Adkins for...