Aug 20, 2014 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Celebrity deaths happen frequently. Some by natural causes (last week Lauren Bacall at age 89), many by drug overdose (most recently Seymour Phillip Hoffman), but Robin Williams dying by his own hands is perplexingly sad. He was a comic genius who...
Aug 13, 2014 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener (This is an encore column from the Curt Comments archive originally penned some 20 years ago.) The Ides of August—the 15th—is the opening day of squirrel hunting season and marks a six month or so greenflag to a variety of hunting and trapping seasons...
Aug 6, 2014 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener It has started and will continue until the first frost out in the wilderness. Those ground dwelling yellow jackets are highly territorial and they have an attitude. And they are on the prowl. I am not afraid of snakes or spiders but stinging insects...
Jul 30, 2014 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener I was out cutting some wood over the weekend cleaning up a couple of blowdowns. The result was a workout which left some little used muscles crying out in pain. As good fortune would have it, I received a home remedy e-mail where products designed for...
Jul 23, 2014 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener (This is an encore column from the Curt Comment archives.) An older gentleman was on the operating table awaiting surgery with his son, a renowned surgeon, performing the delicate operation. As he was about to get the anesthesia he asked to speak to...
Jul 16, 2014 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener In addition to the trees, plants and wildflowers, out at the wilderness retreat there are also the critters. Some are easily seen like the birds that come to the bird feeders along with the chipmunks and squirrels that feed on the sunflower seed...
