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Are You Happy?

(The title comes from a song by the psychedelic rock group Iron Butterfly back in the 1960’s…information I recall which may tell you more than I want you to know.) The long-term snow has now left the Hoosier hillsides though it could return in a more mild temporary...

Really? No Foolin’?

by Curt Kovener Today, April 1, is the day that pranks, jokes and buffoonery will take place. In grade school it was “Your shoe is untied.” And when we would look down to see the youthful prankster would exclaim “April Fool!” Not all that funny but it was grade...

Rural America: It’s Complicated…Really Complicated

by Curt Kovener For those who don’t know or prefer to think otherwise, we live in rural America. Whether you read this in Jackson, Scott, Lawrence, Jennings, Washington or Brown County you are in RURAL America…whether you like it or not…whether you believe it or not....

Seven Days Can Make One Weak

by Curt Kovener What a difference a week can make in southern Indiana. March came in like a lion…a white, frozen lion… with snow and cold temperatures. On the first Wednesday in March we were struggling through snow pack and slippery footing. Up in the wilderness,...

I Don’t Know But It Sounds Like It Might Be So

by Curt Kovener Back by popular demand is a new version of pretty useless information helpful only for personal edification or to make bar bets. Did you know… Debra Winger was the voice of E.T. Pearls melt in vinegar. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal...

Re-Living The Thrill

by Curt Kovener I was out shoveling snow again (imagine that) when a low flying single engine airplane buzzed over the wilderness retreat. The moment brought back the couple of times that I was airborne in a small single engine plane. The first time was in the late...