I try to lead a fairly simple life. I don’t ask for much. I am usually content with a steaming, hot cup of coffee and a newspaper, much to the lament of my wife.

There is, however, one thing I would like to put on my “bucket list,” those things I’d like to accomplish before I die.

I would like to be able to walk into a supermarket in Pennsylvania and, while picking up the groceries, also grab my beer, wine and other spirits.

As Pennsylvanians well know, that seemingly simple wish, the norm in many states, is a pipe dream here in the Keystone State.

That is because Pa., land of giants, is also home to one of the biggest bureaucratic boondoggles in the annals of government.

You probably know it as the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. State stores, as it were.

It’s pretty simple. If you want to buy wine or alcohol in Pennsylvania, you have to visit a “state” store. But you can’t buy beer while you’re there. Or soda either.

For beer, you must patronize a beer distributor. But only if you want to buy a case. You can’t buy a six-pack there. For that you must stop by a bar or deli. Once there, you can only purchase two six-packs at a time. Although you can make as many trips to the car, two six-packs at a time, as you want.

You can’t buy any alcohol, beer, wine, spirits, six-pack or case, at your local grocery or convenience store.

That may be about to change. Supermarket giant Wegmans Monday won approval to sell beer at six of their locations. Unfortunately, none of them is in this area.

Full confession here. My daughter once toiled for Wegmans. She may in fact work there again this summer. She will join her brother, who has worked for Wegmans for a couple of years.

That does not my affect my rooting interest on this issue. Though I will admit I could not be happier.

I would like nothing more than to see some enlightened politician push the plunger and blow up the archaic system by which Pennsylvania sells alcohol. Selling beer in supermarkets would be a good start. I say turn the entire process over to private industry. If I want to grab a six-pack in the Wawa, why not?

Of course, not everyone agrees. Seemingly minutes after the decision was announced, a lawsuit to block the move was filed by the beer distributors’ association. They fear the entrée of supermarkets into what has been their exclusive turf will devastate their business. They may be right.

Now this thing likely will produce a lengthy court battle. Hey, this is Pennsylvania, what did you expect?

In the meantime, Pennsylvanians will continue to make three or four trips to acquire alcohol, instead of a single trip down the grocery aisles.

I remain hopeful. Just as I have been for decades. But I’m not holding my breath. A toast to the end of the LCB? Don’t pop those corks just yet.