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Bigger Is Not Always Better

by Curt Kovener Size does indeed matter. But bigger is sometimes a detriment. At 6’7” I have difficulty finding clothes. With a size 14 foot, there is also difficulty finding shoes. And I don’t fit in just any vehicle comfortably. But enough about me. The State...

Inspired By Washington Leaders

by Curt Kovener I have an old book of inspirational quotes from people from the Mid-West. Granted, it’s a pretty big region but I still like the wisdom of a Mid-Westerner. I wished those serving us(?) in Washington would pay attention. “Absorb ideas from every...

An Early Woodland Memory

by Curt Kovener (Squirrel hunting season begins next week and here is a recollection from the Curt Comments archives.) I felt something shaking my foot through the covers of my bed. I really didn’t want to open my eyes because it seemed they had only drifted off to...

Hiding In Plain Site

by Curt Kovener Have you checked how much any of your units of local government want to spend next year? It’s right there for you to see on a web site, you know. In 2014, then-Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed a law passed by the Indiana legislature that eliminated...

Will Sunday Sales Finally Get Consistent?

by Curt Kovener Figuring out Indiana’s confusing, incomprehensible and outdated alcohol laws is enough to drive a person to drink. You can’t buy carry out liquor on Sunday but you can buy it by the drink. You can buy a bottle of wine at a Indiana winery but not the...

Aggravation & Frustration Weather Or Not

by Curt Kovener Not much of one to make New Year’s Resolutions, but early on I had decided that this would be the summer I would clean and re-coat the back deck at the wilderness retreat. It is a 14’x40’ elevated wood structure that overlooks a tree filled valley and...