Contents
Contributors
Contents
12 WHERE IS IT? 13 SUBSCRIBE
16 Couples Caught Off Guard ~ by Ryan Stacy
20 Almost Business as Usual ~ by Bob Gustin
26 Peaceful Valley Heritage ~ by Julia Pearson
30-31 Photos by Larry W. Baker * 32-33 Calendar
36 Sarah Noggle, textile artist ~ by Bob Gustin
42 King Recalls Hohenberger ~ by Jeff Tryon
48 Down in the Hills o’ Brown Sample of Hohenberger
52 Remember Brown County ~ by Mark Blackwell
54 FIELD NOTES: Hugelkultur
~ by Jim Eagleman
55 Kara Barnard Cartoon 56-58 INFO PAGES
Cover:
Sarah Noggle, textile artist ~ by Bob Gustin
Special thanks to Kara Barnard for her cartoon
Thanks, Mom, for making it happen!
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 editorial cartoonist for the Bloomington Herald Times, a graduate of Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Clown College, and a veteran circus performer.
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.
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 >.
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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 Franciscan magazine for ten years and served as its human interest editor. She and husband Bruce now reside in Lake Woebegone Country for life’ s continuing adventures. 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.
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.
* Larry W. Baker is originally from Columbus, Indiana, but spent much of his childhood with his grandparents in Brown County. He resides here now with his wife Lura. He has several Brown County ancestors on both branches of his family tree, going back to one of the first families to settler here, the Elkins. He has collected Brown County books, paintings, and stories over the years and likes to capture the scenery, people, and history with his camera. Locals look forward to his Facebook posts of Brown County life. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War and retired from the Post Office. He has several kids, grandkids, and great grandkids.
10 Our Brown County • Nov./ Dec. 2020 Singing Pines Projects, Inc. copyright 2020