Contents
Contributors
Contents
12 Art Walk News 16 Craft Gallery turns 40
~ by Paige Langenderfer 20 John Hartford Festival
~ by Ryan Stacy 24 Honey Bees
~ by Bob Gustin 30 Pioneer Village
~ by Julia Pearson 34 Field Notes: Record Keeper
~ by Jim Eagleman 38-39 Photos ~ by Marti Garvey * 40-41 Calendar of Events 44 Sampler at Bird’ s Nest Café 45 Kara Barnard cartoon 48 IHA 40th Show and Sale 50 Farmers Markets
~ by Lee Edgren 56 League of Women Voters
~ by Paige Langenderfer 60 Monroe Bluegrass Festival
~ by Mark Blackwell 64 Knee Deep in June ~ by Jeff Tryon
68-69 Services Directory 70 Old Cistern Pump
~ by Paul Sackmann
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.
Paul Sackmann has had a love for old stuff ever since he was a child— old trucks, furniture, cast iron goods, bottles, and other things in between. Paul and his wife, Paulette, have the antique store Plum Creek Antiques in
Bean Blossom, Indiana.
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.
Lee Edgren attended journalism school at the University of Michigan. 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 Michigan and owns River Light Yoga studio.
Cover: Busker Roger Grissette in front of Spears Pottery in Nashville ~ by Cindy Steele
Thanks, Mom, for making it happen!
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.
* Marti Garvey is a Brown County photographer and artist. She and her husband, Norbert, raised four children in the hills and hollers of Owl Creek. She is inspired by light, structures, nature, music, and people.“ Do at least one creative thing a day” is a motto she has lived by her whole life. Contact her at < momgarvey @ gmail. com >, view her photos at < www. momartiphotos. tumblr. com >.
10 Our Brown County • May / June 2018