Thank you for helping me. The car only has 55,000 miles on it and I just went out to check the scene of the crime again. I am not a mechanic but I think I am explaining it correctly.

Viewed from the front, the puddles are in the wells where the larger-head bolts are, to the right towards the air filter. However, I felt it and I see the oil is coming out of the seam where the valve cover is bolted on. On the very top are 4 smaller headed bolts, and they are not too tight - THAT is why I asked about the correct torque specification because that might solve the problem easy. The large-headed bolts down low (at the bottom of the cover) are very tight, the small-headed ones on top are loose. Oil is seeping out of the seam on the right by the air filter and also on the left side.

I do not see any oil leaking or dripping down the front of the engine where you said, and I never see any oil drips in the driveway.