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Cover courtesy eXplore Brown County
16 Larry Hawkins, That Sandwich Place
~ by Bill Weaver
20 Frank M. Hohenberger
~ by Julia Pearson
24 Experience the Forest
~ by Jeff Tryon
34 Bob and Chris Gustin
~ by Chrissy Alspaugh
38-39 Photos by Jeff Danielson
40-42 Calendar of Events
44 Art Gallery Expansion
~ by Paul Minnis
50 T. C. Steele
~ by Tom Rhea
58 Monroe’ s Uncle Pen Days
~ by Mark Blackwell
60 Our Woods
~ by Jim Eagleman
62 A Treasure Hunt
64 Playhouse Preview
~ by Chrissy Alspaugh
66 Back Roads Studio Tour contributors
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.
Jeff Tryon is a former news editor of The Brown County Democrat, a former region reporter for The Republic, and a former bureau chief for The Huntsville Times. Born and raised in Brown County, he currently lives with his wife, Sue, in a log cabin on the edge of Brown County State Park. He is a Baptist minister.
Julia Pearson wrote for a secular Franciscan magazine for ten years and served as its human interest editor. She and her husband Bruce have made Lake Woebegone Country their new homebase for life’ s continuing adventures. Julie, Bruce, and four-footed Suki are adjusting well. Julia enjoys traveling and visiting museums of all types and sizes, with her children and grandchildren.
Bill Weaver is an author and radio personality currently living in Bloomington. He’ s published The College of Beer: The Story of Nick’ s English Hut, and numerous zines including ER, D’ KNOW, and The New York Squid. He writes for Our Brown County, and the Bloomington Herald-Times Homes section. He’ s known as Gus Travers, the host of WFHB’ s The Dark End of the Street.
Jim Eagleman is a 40 year veteran of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources as an interpretive naturalist, first working at Turkey Run State Park for three years and for the last 34 at Brown County. He and his wife Kay have three sons, all graduates of Brown County High School. Kay and Jim enjoy all outdoor activities, especially kayaking. Jim is currently working on his memoirs.
Joe Lee is an illustrator and writer. He is the author of The History of Clowns for Beginners and Dante for Beginners and illustrator of six other titles, including the forthcoming Dada and Surealism for Beginners in the ongoing“ for Beginners” series. He is an awardwinning editorial cartoonist for the Bloomington Herald Times, a graduate of Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Clown College, and a veteran circus performer. Joe lives with his wife Bess, son Brandon, George the cat, and his dogs, Jack and Max.
Paul Minnis is a former journalist with 20 years of daily newspaper experience. He works these days as an analyst with the Indiana Board of Law Examiners, a division of the Indiana Supreme Court. A native of Haubstadt in southern Indiana, he has lived in Bartholomew County for 16 years. He has a wife, Monica, and a daughter, Ashlynn.
Chrissy Alspaugh is a freelance writer and owner of Christina Alspaugh Photography. She lives in Bartholomew County with her husband, Matt and two children. She can be reached at < christina _ alspaugh @ yahoo. com >. View her work at < ChristinaAlspaughPhotography. com > or on Facebook.
Tom Rhea received a BFA in painting from Indiana University. He worked for twenty-five years as a master sculptor in a local medallic arts company. He produces detailed paintings in gouache of local landmark and campus scenes. He is currently teaching drawing and art history for Ivy Tech Community College, and has volunteered for several years as a docent at the IU Museum of Art.
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Jeff Danielson spent most of his childhood in Wales, Britain, and Scotland after his family moved there from Philadelphia. He returned to the United States to attend college and ended up at Indiana University to work on a doctorate in classical archaeology. He owned and operated the Runcible Spoon Café for 25 years until he sold it in 2001. He has since become immersed in nature photography. He and his wife D’ Arcy live on the Brown County / Monroe County line. You can see his work at Ferrer Gallery and at < browncountyphoto. com >.