Contents
Contributors
Contents
12 Fingerstyle Guitar Festival 16 Cox Creek Mill
~ by Ryan Stacy 20 Jon Kay
~ by Bob Gustin 24 Brown County Rock Shop
~ by Jeff Tryon 30 Bean Blossom Overlook
~ by Paige Langenderfer
36 Craft Gallery Moves New Harmony Soap Co.
38-39 Photos ~ by Monique Cagle * 40-41 Calendar of Events
44 Bucks & Does Dancers
~ by Chrissy Alspaugh 48 B3 Gallery Expands 52 Sam Parks
~ by Julia Pearson 56 Field Notes: Crawdads ~ by Jim Eagleman
60 Lawn Order ~ by Mark Blackwell
64 Hands On History ~ by Paige Langenderfer
68-69 Services Directory 70 Sampler at Gyros
Cover: Brad Cox at Cox Creek Mill ~ by Ryan Stacy
Thanks, Mom, for making it happen!
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 >.
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.
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.
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 Dada and Surealism for Beginners, and Music Theory for Beginners. 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.
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.
Paige Langenderfer is a freelance writer and communications consultant. She writes for numerous publications. 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 >.
Ryan Stacy is a content writer at Monroe County Public Library, and also enjoys writing about Brown County. He and his wife live in Bloomington, where they can often be found chasing movies, good food, and cultural events. His other interests include reading, photography, and music.
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.
Mark Blackwell no longer makes his home in Brown County where“ the roadway is rough and the slopes are seamed with ravines and present a meatless, barren, backbone effect.” He now resides within sight of the sixth green of an undisclosed golf course. He was born in the middle of the last century and still spends considerable time there.
Chrissy Alspaugh is a freelance writer and owner of Christina Alspaugh Photography. She lives in Bartholomew County with her husband, Matt and three boys. She can be reached at < christina _ alspaugh @ yahoo. com >. View her work at
< ChristinaAlspaughPhotography. com >.
* Monique Cagle, a Brown County artist, lives near Yellowwood State Forest, an area where she finds inspiration for her many branches of art. She began taking photos of the landscape around her to use the images for her paintings, and as her photographic eye improved, she went on to capture the story of her life in the country- the seasons, the animals, and the farm where she lives. Some of her art can be seen at < www. sleepycatstudio. com >.
10 Our Brown County • July / August 2018