Sep 19, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener That quote came from printer, publisher, author, inventor, ambassador, and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. Franklin is one of the most remarkable Americans who ever lived. Compared to him, we are all slackers. Under the pen name Silence Dogood he...
Sep 5, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener (This is an encore column from the Curt Comments archives. In light of last week’s column telling you about the decimation of our small tomato crop, this memory from my youth helps soothe the soul.) We are in the time of cool, fog shrouded mornings...
Aug 29, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Vegetable plants in the wilderness were looking good all summer. We were harvesting tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, and green beans. Here in the middle of the forest we grow our harvestable fruits and vegetables in large pots or raised beds up near the...
Aug 22, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Last Thursday editorial boards at newspapers across the U.S., prompted by the Boston Globe, were asked write to confront President Donald Trump for going on about “fake news” and calling the media the “enemy of the American people.” Editorial boards...
Aug 15, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener (This is an encore column from the Curt Comments archives. About the only thing the editor hunts these days is for something to drink and a comfortable place to sit to enjoy it.) The Ides of August, the 15th, is the opening day of squirrel hunting...
Aug 1, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Students are heading back to school so it is an appropriate time to turn the podium over to Prof. Ron Atkins for some of his collected quotes on the subject of education for our youth, our parents, our legislative leaders…and the rest of us, too •At...
