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...
Jul 2, 2014 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener (This is an archived column originally penned some 20 years ago with tongue planted firmly in cheek). The seemingly prevailing attitude by Vernon Township residents is that we often get short-sheeted, left with the dirty end of the stick, and generally...
Jun 25, 2014 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener I don’t like to get scared. I’m not talking about the anxiety you feel waiting in the dentist’s office or that initial worry when you look in your mailbox to see a letter with a return address to the Internal Revenue Service or that feeling of sudden...
