Mar 27, 2024 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener •The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless. •Be decisive. Right or wrong, make a decision. The road is littered with flat squirrels who couldn’t make a decision. •When...
Mar 6, 2024 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Cussin’ Bill, who is a weekly distant reader of the Times and an occasional contributor of foolishness you sometimes read here, sent me some jewels that I felt obliged to share with my local readers. •I finally got around to watching the documentary on...
Feb 28, 2024 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener I found a honey hole last week but I wasn’t fishing for bluegill or hunting mushrooms or hickory nuts. This prolific passel arrived in my e-mail courtesy of Little John (his named is changed to protect the guilty) and is some of the funniest puns I...
Jan 10, 2024 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener The English language is difficult because it sets rules and then breaks them. I still remember many of the English lessons and rules my high school teacher, Corean Lewis taught us even though it has been a half-century plus since I was sitting in her...
Dec 20, 2023 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener As the Times takes a much needed holiday break, Some of your we will be with to see in the new year, but for those with whom we will not be with in person, we will be there in spirit. Never an old year passes, Never a new year begins that someone...
Nov 22, 2023 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener A cornucopia is a symbol of abundance. Sometimes called the Horn of Plenty, it traditionally is a woven container in the shape of a curved horn filled with fruits & vegetables. In ancient time, it was a goat’s horn. The cornucopia has long been...
