Contents
Contributors
Contents
12 WHERE IS IT? 13 SUBSCRIBE
16 Pioneer Village ~ by Julia Pearson
24 Village Art Walk ~ by Boris Ladwig
28 Christkindl Market ~ by Boris Ladwig
32 Music All Around Us ~ by Jeff Tryon
34 Artist DeMaris Gaunt ~ by Bob Gustin
37 Back Roads Studio Tour ~ by Bob Gustin
38-39 PHOTOS by Tom Preston *
40-41 CALENDAR 42 Bill Monroe Bluegrass Fest 43 Collector’ s Showcase 43 2020: COVID the Musical
48 Chris Thile Interview ~ by Ryan Stacy
54 The Toy Chest ~ by Chrissy Alspaugh
58 FIELD NOTES: Beech ~ by Jim Eagleman
62 Less is Fewer ~ by Mark Blackwell
68-70 INFO PAGES
Cover: Biking in the State Park ~ by Cindy Steele
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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 is a 40-year veteran naturalist with the IN DNR. In retirement, he is now a consultant. His program“ Nature Ramblings” can be heard on WFHB radio, the Brown County Hour. He serves on the Sycamore Land Trust board. He enjoys reading, hiking, music, and birding. Jim and his wife Kay have lived here for more than 40 years.
Ryan Stacy and his wife recently moved to Pennsylvania and continues to stay connected with our Brown County. He appreciates good movies, good food, and enjoys cultural events. His other interests include reading, photography, and playing music.
Contributors
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 >.
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.
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.
Boris Ladwig is a Columbusbased journalist who has worked in print, online and TV media in Indiana and Kentucky and has won awards for features, news, business, non-deadline news, First Amendment / community affairs and investigative reporting.
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.
* Tom Preston’ s love of photography began in middle school. He helped setup the dark room at Lawrence North High School and gained experience as the newspaper photographer. He moved to Brown County in 2012 and captures the area’ s landscape and tranquility. He portrays the natural beauty that others might miss. See his images on Instagram— color images: @ tompreston7771 _ ud and black and white: @ tompreston _ bnw— and on Facebook. copyright 2021
10 Our Brown County Sept./ Oct. 2021
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