Contents Contributors
Contents Contributors
12 HISTORY MYSTERY 13 SUBSCRIBE
16 Here Comes the Eclipse ~ by Bob Gustin
24 Little Shop of Horrors Returns ~ by Amy Huffman Oliver
30 Musings: Walking Sticks ~ by Mark Blackwell
38-39 Photos by DeMaris Glazier * 40-42 CALENDAR
46 Common Grounds ~ by Jeff Tryon
52 Field Notes: Our Woods ~ by Jim Eagleman
56 Sharing Baby Goats ~ by Paige Langenderfer
60 Route 46 Vintage ~ by Chrissy Alspaugh
64 Music Center Shares Success 68-70 INFO PAGES
Cover: T. C. Steele Studio ~ by Cindy Steele
Jeff Tryon is a former news editor of The Brown County Democrat, and a former regional 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Amy Huffman Oliver has lived in and around Brown County most of her life and raised two kids here with her husband, Jim. She grew up with“ newspaper in her blood” by way of her parents, Jane and Stu Huffman, who were both local journalists. She writes now as a freelancer after working most of her career as a public interest attorney and a seventhgrade teacher in Brown County Schools.
CORRECTION
In the Jan / Feb 2024 issue regarding the article on pg. 40-43“ Being a Volunteer Firefighter”: Shawn Fosnight is the Chief of the BCVFD. Lacy Hazelgrove is BCVFDs 3rd Lieutenant / President / PIO / Medical Officer / Firefigther / Paramedic. We apologize for the error and hope it did not cause anyone confusion or embarrassment.
* DeMaris Glazier is a stained glass artist with a home studio in Nashville. She specializes in custom windows and offers classes by appointment.
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10 Our Brown County • March / April 2024