Aug 23, 2017 | Curt Comments
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...
Aug 16, 2017 | Curt Comments
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...
Aug 9, 2017 | Curt Comments
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...
Aug 2, 2017 | Curt Comments
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...
Jul 26, 2017 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Figuring out Indiana’s confusing, incomprehensible and outdated alcohol laws is enough to drive a person to drink.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...
Jul 19, 2017 | Curt Comments
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...