Contents
Contributors
Contents
16 Hickory Hills Studios
~ by Chrissy Alspaugh
20 Bruce Gould
~ by Paige Langenderfer
24 Salem’ s Good Nature Farm
~ by Bob Gustin
32 Flower Hound
~ by Jeff Tryon
34-35 Photos ~ by Jules Dunlap *
38 David Mills
~ by Lee Edgren
42-43 Calendar of Events
46 Continuing the Tradition
~ by Rachel Berenson Perry
50 Field Notes: Science
~ by Jim Eagleman
54 Barn Lanterns
~ by Paul Sackmann
55 Muddy Roots Festival
56 Early Telephones
~ by Julia Pearson
60 Bill Monroe Festival
~ by Mark Blackwell
61 IHA Exhibition and Show
62 John Hartford Festival
~ Chrissy Alspaugh
64-65 Services Directory 66 ~ Sampler at
Our Sandwich Place
Cover:
Danny Roberts of the Grascals Bill Monroe Festival 2016 ~ by Cindy Steele
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Jim
Eagleman, recently retired DNR naturalist, and his wife Kay, enjoy hiking the many natural areas, preserves, and land trust sites in Brown and neighboring counties. His FIELD NOTES have appeared in this publication for several years. Contact Jim with comments and inquiries at < jpeagleman @ gmail. com >.
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 award-winning editorial cartoonist for the Bloomington Herald Times, a graduate of Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Clown College, and a veteran circus performer.
Contributors
Bob Gustin worked as a reporter, photographer, managing editor, and editor for daily newspapers in Colorado, Nebraska, and Indiana before retiring in 2011. He and his wife, Chris, operate Homestead Weaving Studio. She does the weaving while he gives studio tours, builds small looms, and expands his book and record collections.
Rachel Berenson Perry lives in Brown County and writes about historical Indiana artists. Her latest publication, the Indiana Historical Society’ s new edition of The House of the Singing Winds, is a finalist for Indies Book of the Year Award.
Lee Edgren, writing since kindergarten, attended journalism school at the University of Michigan. Her career includes writing for a newspaper, for a government agency, and for UM Medical Center. She became seriously interested in yoga during the late 1980s and traveled widely. Lee has a master’ s degree in Wellness Management from Ball State University. She lives in both in Brown County and in northern Michigan and owns River Light Yoga studio.
Cindy Steele is the publisher and editor of this magazine. She sells and designs ads, sometimes writes, takes photos, and creates the layout. For fun, she likes to play the guitar or banjo and sing. Her new hobby is making mosaics.
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 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.
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 >.
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.
Paige Langenderfer is a freelance writer and communications consultant. She writes for numerous publications and is a featured columnist in The Republic. She earned her Bachelor’ s degree in journalism from Indiana University and her Master’ s degree in public relations management from IUPUI. Paige lives in Columbus with her husband and daughters. Contact her at < langenderferpaige @ gmail. com >.
* Jules Dunlap is a long time resident of Columbus and current resident of Brown County. She enjoys being outdoors and loves live music. She can often be seen photographing musicians in a festival setting, and is often requested for family portraiture. She is on Facebook as“ Jules Dunlap Photography.”
10 Our Brown County May / June 2017