Contents
Contributors
Contents
12 HISTORY MYSTERY 13 SUBSCRIBE
16 Brown County Winery ~ by Paige Langenderfer
26 Bob Gustin on“ Fake News” ~ by Boris Ladwig
32 Musings: Mid-Winter Comfort ~ by Mark Blackwell
34-35 Photos by Tim Tryon * 36-37 CALENDAR
38 Dailey & Vincent ~ by Ryan Stacy
42 Bruce Adamson’ s Art ~ by Chrissy Alspaugh
46 Brown County Roads ~ by Julia Pearson
50 Field Notes: Bird Feeding ~ by Jim Eagleman
53 Poem by Michele Pollock
54 My Sweet Aunts ~ by Jeff Tryon
57 Remember When 60-62 INFO PAGES
Cover: Brown County Winery— Ben & Jonas Schrodt ~ by Paige Langenderfer
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Jeff Tryon is a former news editor of The Brown County Democrat, and a former region reporter for The Republic. 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.
Joe Lee is an illustrator and writer. He is the author of Forgiveness: The Eva Kor Story, The History of Clowns for Beginners, and Dante 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.
Contributors
Chrissy Alspaugh is a freelance writer and owner of Christina Alspaugh Photography. View her work at < ChristinaAlspaughPhotography. com >. She lives in Bartholomew County with her husband Matt and three boys.
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.
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.
Mark Blackwell no longer makes his home in Brown County where“ the roadway is rough and the slopes are seamed with ravines” 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 now resides 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.
Paige Langenderfer is a freelance writer and consultant. 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.
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.
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.
* Tim Tryon hails from Hamblen Township where his roots run deep and wide. He has spent most of the last thirty tears kicking around the Lower Salt Creek Valley, playing and teaching music, and taking a few photographs along the way. Tim counts the paintings of T. C. Steele and the photographs of Frank Hohenberger among the many inspirations for his photographic adventures. copyright 2023
Special thanks to Michele Pollock for her poem and photos, and to Bill Weaver / Joe Lee for the Remember When reprint.
Thanks, Mom, for making it happen!
10 Our Brown County Jan./ Feb. 2023