Mark Blackwell makes his home in an area of Brown County where“ the roadway is rough and the slopes are seamed with ravines and present a meatless, barren, backbone effect.” He was born in the last century and still spends considerable time there. He plays music with the“ Lost Shoe String Band” when he can get away with it, writes for Our Brown County, and only works when he has to.
Henry“ Hank” Swain( 1918-2014) moved to Brown County with his bride Mardi in 1947. He supported a family of five daughters by building homes. Hank’ s books Leaves for the Raking, and Why Now? are bi-products of writing for Our Brown County. He served the Chamber of Commerce, the Nashville United Methodist Green Room class, the Bloomington Society of Friends, League of Women Voters, and WRAPS( Writers, Readers and Poets Society).
Cindy Steele is the publisher and editor of this magazine. She works out of her home in Helmsburg, producing most of the ads and layout herself. She started a second publication in 2004 called INto Art that focuses on fine arts and crafts in this region. She consults with her son Evan Markley on photo choices and ad designs.
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Carol Drake, photographer and display artist has lived in Brown County for 40 years with her husband Albert. They have two sons, Robert and Joseph, who bought mom her first new camera. Albert and Carol own Touch of Silver Gold where her photographs and cards are sold. They share their home with their dog Stetson and cats Lewis and Clark and Amelia Earhart. Carol is an animal and nature lover and likes photographing small subjects( bugs / insects).“ In the moment, close moments, grateful moments describes what I feel and see.”
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LAST ISSUE’ S CONTEST WINNERS:
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