Aug 17, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener School is back in session and so it is time for a quiz of your knowledge of history, music, math and literature…as well as your sense of humor. • King Ozymandias of Assyria was running low on cash after years of war with the Hittites. (Rather sounds...
Aug 10, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener A few weeks back I wrote about modifying the old adage “He who cuts his own wood is twice warmed.” I proposed that he who cuts, splits, stacks and eventually burns his own wood is four times warmed. Last fall and spring weather brought some otherwise...
Aug 3, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener The late comedian Flip Wilson developed a comedic character Geraldine who frequently said about her misbehaviors “The devil made me do it.” Think about money, work, economic outlook, family, and relationships. Feeling anxious? Felling like...
Jul 27, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Farmer John got a production loan last year to put his crops in the ground. Fuel prices were up, fertilizer costs were up, seed prices and equipment prices were likewise, and as in all years, he went into debt to stay in business, to pay his bills and...
Jul 20, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Mother Nature has not been kind to her wilderness this spring with all of the rainfall and winds. It resulted in a number of trees toppling to earth. Logs have been cut from them for potential sale and the tops, as well as the wood from less desirable...
Jul 13, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Back in the 1970’s Jim Stafford recorded a song “I Don’t Like Spiders And Snakes”. Considering the number of those creatures I observed in the wilderness over the weekend, I was inspired to look up some information of arachnids...
