Apr 25, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener My high school English teacher Corean Lewis tried very hard to teach us the proper use of the language. She was exceptionally patient with me. For all of the rules of English, of grammar, of spelling she tried to impart on us, I have found from over 40...
Apr 18, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener The brown wilderness hills and valleys are greening up. And that is my sign to get to work. The first plant life to leaf out in the forests after winter are invasives. The one’s that you don’t want taking over: plants like multiflora rose and autumn...
Apr 4, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener (This week we reached back into the Curt Comments archives for an encore writing.) Have you ever noticed how diametrically opposed we sometimes speak? When someone says, “Not to change the subject, but…” what is the next thing they do? They change the...
Mar 28, 2018 | Curt Comments
Those who worry about Indiana’s image in more enlightened sections of the country can relax a little now that one black mark on the state’s reputation has been erased: It is no longer one of only four states that do not have an official insect. Hoosier entomologists...
Mar 14, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Show of hands: Who among you forgot to set your clocks ahead one hour before bed Saturday and were late for church the following morning? Don’t be embarrassed. Dozens of area families likely got a late start. Daylight-saving time began at 2 a.m. this...
Mar 7, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Many times in my youthful misbehavior my Mom or Dad, Grandpa & Grandma, Gramp & Granny (and even my Aunt Clarice) would admonish me that they would make me improve my behavior if it was the last thing they did. So I then behaved…at lease when...
