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Hold Your Hoes!

by Curt Kovener The sun was shining, the temperature was warm, and like many of you, I got the hankering to put some seeds in the ground and start some semblance of a garden. After all, there are not one but TWO greenhouses advertising in this week’s newspaper....

A Hexagenarian Quiz

by Curt Kovener If you are young enough to think that CD’s were the original form of music for home listening, you won’t understand any of this column. For the rest of you, take a 60-something meander. 1. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off...

Well, I Never…

by Curt Kovener Last Thursday was the Ides of March, the midpoint of the month and yesterday, March 20, the Spring Solstice was observed marking the first official day of spring. Which got me to thinking how wrong the Ground Hog was to claim we would have six more...

What Confucius Didn’t Say

by Curt Kovener In light of the devastating weather in the area earlier this month and the outpouring of assistance and volunteers helping folks try to get their lives back to some semblance of normalcy, perhaps it is time for just some yuk-yuks to lighten hearts....

Definitely In Like A Lion…

by Curt Kovener Bob Dylan wrote and sang “The times they are a changin’.” Today we should add “so is the weather.” I have been on this earth nearly six decades with the ability to remember about the last five and a half of them and I...

Happy Leap Day, Sadie

by Curt Kovener Today is Leap Day. February 29 is the additional day once every four years to re-align our calendars. While 75% of our calendars have 365 days, astronomically they are slightly less than 365 1/4 days. So every four years we get an additional day to...