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Christmas at the historic Lindley House 

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24 | A FEMININE TOUCH 

Orleans boutique offers step into another era 

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Strings of Street Lights, Corydon, IN, 1940s 

8 | IN THE GARDEN WITH BOB HILL 

A Growing Art Collection 

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1940s 

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A Walk in the Garden with Bob Hill 

A Growing Art Collection 


The very words “yard art,” of 

course, mean never having to 

say you’re sorry about what 

you hauled home off a rickety 

card table from someone else’s backyard 

for $3.75. 

It might then remain in your 

garage until sold off of a rickety card 

table in your backyard, but capitalism 

does have its flaws. 

One recent yard art weakness 

of mine was collecting frogs. 

I’m not even sure where that came 

from – I’ve never really bonded with 

the live creatures – but a table on our 

back porch has a half dozen of them 

offering various messages and mute 

opinions. Not to forget the big painted 

metal frog made of wheelbarrow 

parts in our water-pot garden, the 

ceramic frog in our plant room and a 

few left over in the barn from the days 

when we actually tried to sell them. 

Without going totally off the 

rails on this subject, some people apparently 

smarter than me have actual 

theories on why we collect. I refer you 

to a recent Martha Stewart article on 

collecting in which she quoted one 

Bruce Hood, a professor of Developmental 

Psychology at the University 

of Bristol in England, who offers 

theory that collecting has more to do 

with the pursuit than any actual acquisitions. 

As examples, he mentions that 

plane and train spotters collect “sightings,” 

pretty much assuming most of 

us don’t have much room for actual 

old diesel engines in the backyard. 

“If items were readily accessible,” 

Hood professes, “then they 

would not be so satisfying to collect.” 

Pretty much taking this theory 

and pushing it off a cliff, Stewart also 

mentions a guy named Fritz Karch, 

former editorial director for collecting 

at Martha Stewart – and isn’t that 

a job to lust after – who contends collecting 

things for your already stuffed 

closet is part of your DNA: Primitive 

beings were out there hunting and 

gathering eons ago and modern man 

or woman hasn’t quite gotten over it. 

So, tell that to my metal frog 

made from wheelbarrow parts. 

The solution, then, and it only 

took me about 50 years to learn this, 

is to move the collecting needle up 

from yard art to actual art. Items created 

from scratch by actual artists – 

not tossed out by the thousands in a 

crowded factory across an ocean far 

away. One proper name for these art 

creators – many of them teachers, 

former teachers or those specifically 

trained to raise aesthetic bar – is Folk 

Artists. 

We do have quite a bit of that 

level of art scattered among my frog 

collection, many of them – a Watering 

Can Man, a Metal Mail Man, a Big 

Bird fashioned of forks and spoons – 

done by a Southern Indiana folk artist 

named Jerry Voyles. 

But our most recent addition – 

a huge, brightly colored quilt painted 

on a big square piece of plywood at 

the end of our driveway – was the 

most fun and satisfying of all because 

it was a collaboration that fit every 

definition of folk art. It also works 

well with any season, Halloween, 

Thanksgiving or Christmas. 

With no metal frog apologies 

required. 

It began with the fact my wife, 

Janet Hill, is a quilter. She’s also long 

admired the quilts painted on the 

side of barns. So, we are thinking, 

why not such a creation at the end 

of our long driveway, easy to see on 

the way home in rain, snow, sleet or 

gloom of night. 

We enlisted in this process two 

Hoosier artists, former art teacher 

Cathy Gruninger and her good friend, 

Chris Davey, who still teaches. I very 

helpfully volunteered to help buy the 

plywood, two-by-fours, poles and 

paint – pretty much the extent of my 

artistry skills. 

The plywood was shaped into 

a very solid six-by-six square by Hoosier 

Handyman Don Bohanon. Janet 

painted the square white. About five 

times. I helped carry the paint cans. 

The interesting part here was 

the selection of the quilt pattern, of 

which there are endless possibilities. 

What would the professors of 

developmental psychology have to 

say about this? What does a favorite 

color – or quilt pattern – have to say 

about the person who picked it? We 

wanted bright but not too bright. We 

wanted it to represent nature, flowers 

and gardens. How does one person – 

or more – choose? Is the victory in the 

struggle? 

The final pick was red, orange, 

blue and green with what could be 

yellow tulips at the corners and white 

space at the center and edges. Would 

primitive man or woman have selected 

the same? 

The artists very carefully diagrammed 

the white surface and set 

sail with their brushes and paint. 

Oops, an unexpected rain shower put 

a, ah, damper on things. 

Off they went again, filling in 

each designated space with the right 

color, being very careful at the edges, 

standing back to look, stepping forward 

to fix, spending days on the final 

product – Folk Art in the Garden. 

Live plants will come next – 

bright colors in front to match the 

painted flowers, a rare perennial 

plant called “Bears Breeches” with its 

funky, shiny green leaves and purple 

bracts at the edges. 

A very rare tree with beautiful 

camellia-like flowers called 

“Franklinia,” and named for Ben 

Franklin, will anchor one corner of 

this garden and a miniature, bright 

red metal train engine will anchor the 

other. 

You know. Folk Art. • 

About the Author 

Former Courier-Journal 

columnist Bob Hill enjoys 

gardening, good fun, good 

friends and the life he and 

his wife, Janet.

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Kick off the holidays in Crawford County on the banks of the Ohio River. New 

this year are a Holiday Village of Lights and a Wishing Tree! Visit the Light Up 

Leavenworth Facebook page for more information. 

Marengo Cave 

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outside! Take a tour, or two, then check out the Rock Shop and new Candy 

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A Note to Baby Boomers 

Past, Present, and Future 

Married 47 years, my wife 

and I still get along. We 

talk more than ever. 

That happens when 

we say things twice. 

I cannot hear. She does not hear. 

Let me rephrase that, since I’d rather 

not sleep in the car. This magazine 

prefers nonfiction so here’s the truth: 

I tend to mumble. My wife tends to 

lose herself in podcasts and ballgames 

and Beethoven with pricey 

doodads jammed into her ears. 

I listen to ringing. Tinnitus is not 

my only so-far incurable curse. But 

I’d rather have my peace and quiet 

back than my hair or enough horsepower 

to jog around the block or any 

legit hope that Indiana University 

will win a sixth basketball title. 

My wife wisely embraces the 

future while I too often wrestle with 

the past. Did I wear sneakers to grade 

school? Was it even allowed? Why 

didn’t I take more time – at least a 

little – to listen to Dad’s World War 

II stories? 

I recall the first girl I kissed. I do 

not recall why we didn’t kiss again. 

Couldn’t have been me, could it? 

I played trombone in the school 

band. Why trombone? Why any instrument? 

I grew up wanting to be the 

next Willie Mays, not the next Glenn 

Miller. Yet it turned out band helped 

me through teenage years more than 

about anything. 

The best decision I ever made 

was to talk to Jean Crone in the halfhour 

between freshman math and 

psychology classes at IU Southeast. 

What if I instead had enrolled in Introduction 

to Golf? 

I aced that baby next semester, 

by the way. 

What other woman on Earth 

would volunteer to listen to my musings 

once, much less every waking 

moment? And I am nowhere near a 

good-enough Catholic to make it as a 

monk. 

I doubt those guys have so much 

as a Roku Stick. 

With less actually to do, there’s 

more to ponder. A good recent day 

was when over-the-counter, lesscostly 

hearing aids were approved. 

A good day is when the lawn mower 

doesn’t break down. A good day is 

when no one I know – or a stranger, 

for that matter – falls and can’t get up. 

For us seniors, falls don’t go 

from good to bad. They go from bad 

to worse. Falls can hurt like a heart 

attack. I can testify – I’ve been nailed 

by both. Falls hate older people. What 

did we do to falls? 

Retirement is now a dear friend. 

It wasn’t always that way. Retirement 

is little less, if any less, the adjustment 

that is adulthood or marriage or parenting. 

Other employment was not 

the sweet spot for me. Other ways to 

feel useful, to accomplish, are what 

make my day regardless if the car 

needs a fill-up or the dog takes up 

half the bed. 

Standing beats sitting, walking 

beats standing. Ten deep breaths beat 

one. A salad beats a burger. Volunteering 

beats vegetating. Get to know 

more neighbors. Smile like you’re 

Miss America. 

We know all this. 

I did not order the right-sized 

doorstops from Amazon. Yes, that 

is possible. I cannot – or have not – 

changed a tire or bought a bit of bitcoin. 

When I talk to myself – that I 

hear loud and clear – I pledge only 

to do my best at what little I decently 

do. Results include a feel-good feeling 

like work afforded. Plus, I lost 10 

pounds this year; a load that I had assumed 

would join me at the funeral 

home. 

My wife and I have friends, 

couples, who have reached 50 years 

of marriage. They celebrated, invited 

friends to bask in their obviously 

earned, enviable glow. 

No one asked them to recite 

their high school locker combination. 

No one expected they remember the 

first movie they watched, or didn’t, at 

the drive-in. 

Instead, they pledged more love 

ahead. It’s not about 50, it’s about 51 

and 52 and making more memories. 

Our 50th is sort of around the 

corner. A wing ding is not. Neither is 

waiting. At No. 48, we will gather at 

a beach with kids and grandkids and 

go over, and probably over and over, 

if we forgot to pack the sunscreen. 

Jean and I did our thing, our 

My wife wisely embraces the future while I 

too often wrestle with the past. Did I wear 

sneakers to grade school? Was it even 

allowed? Why didn’t I take more time – at least 

a little – to listen to Dad’s World War II stories? 

way, at IUS in 1971 and however difficult 

change was then, imagine now. 

My head spins simply trying to understand 

why today’s world requires 

more cuts of blue jeans than Otisco 

has residents. 

My classmates took heat over 

un-tucked shirts. Such shirts are now 

a trendy invention. What’s next, no 

reason to brush my teeth? 

Neither do I recall the fine print 

of our wedding vows. I figure my 

speaking part was profound and uplifting. 

Besides, there’s no video. 

I am readier to look ahead. I intend 

to fret more about next year than 

about last year. I feel no more need 

to apologize for the way-too-many 

ways in which I am set. I have it pretty 

good and I need to keep demonstrating 

that. 

That includes telling my wife 

that I love her. Jean, I love you. 

Jean, I love you. 

Jean, I love you. 

Jean, Jean, Jean . . . .• 

After 25 years, Dale Moss 

retired as Indiana columnist for 

The Courier-Journal. He now 

writes weekly for the News and 

Tribune. Dale and his wife Jean 

live in Jeffersonville in a house 

that has been in his family 

since the Civil War. Dale’s e- 

mail is dale.moss@twc.com 


The Barn on Jericho booked its 

first ceremony when the wedding 

facility was only four 

stakes in the ground and Jamie 

and Lisa Smith’s vision for creating a 

stunning venue for engaged couples 

to exchange vows and make lifetime 

memories. 

“We didn’t even know the couple 

who booked that first wedding,” 

Lisa said. “It just meant a lot that they 

had faith in us to get it done. It inspired 

us to push forward and make 

sure we were done for their October 

wedding.” 

The Smiths had lived on the 60- 

acre farm, which had been in Jamie’s 

family for four generations, most of 

their 25-year marriage. However, the 

Barn idea really started to take shape 

when they bought and remodeled 

Jamie’s grandparents’ home on the 

property four years ago, Lisa said. 

“Because Jamie’s family had 

been on that farm for so many generations, 

we wanted to do something 

to honor that,” she said. 

They had recently sold some 

properties and were looking for an investment 

that would preserve history 

yet leave a legacy for their three children: 

sons Bailey, who lives in Louisville, 

and Brady, a high school senior, 

and daughter Brooklyn, a junior at 

the University of Louisville. 

“When Bailey and his wife, Gigi, 

were married in 2021, the bride’s 

room was not connected to the wedding 

site, and there was no place at 

all for the groom and his groomsmen. 

Restrooms were outdoors. That gave 

me ideas,” said Lisa. “Helping plan 

their wedding did push this project 

forward.” 

“I wanted something that 

looked like a barn, but was modern, 

something that had everything a 

bride dreamed of for her wedding,” 

she said. 

Jamie and Lisa have never been 

afraid of hard work. And that is what 

it took to make their vision a reality. 

With the help of Jamie’s father, Wesley 

Smith, they accomplished what 

they set out to do. 

“We did a lot of the work ourselves,” 

said Lisa, a kindergarten 

teacher at East Crawford Elementary 

School. After a day at school, they 

often put in another full day at the 

site, she said. Jamie is assistant superintendent 

at Crawford County Community 

Schools. 

Lisa credits her father-in-law, 

who owned and operated a construc- 


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Barn Bliss 

Modern facility offers the ideal backdrop for the perfect wedding 

Story by Sara Combs 

Photos by Crystal Allen Photography

tion company for 30 years, with much 

of their success. “We used his experience 

to know what to do,” she said. 

“Also, he worked while we were at 

school, and then he came back and 

helped us at night. Wes is our biggest 

cheerleader.” 

The process began in October of 

last year. The concrete was poured 

Dec. 10. Their first event was an open 

house in August. “So, it took about 

nine months or so to complete the 

project,” Lisa said. 

Pushing to get the facility up 

and running left little time for anything 

else, she said. “We have a boat 

on Patoka Lake and didn’t get to take 

it out once this summer.” 

The Barn on Jericho near Taswell 

features 3,360 square feet of climatecontrolled 

space with fully functioning 

restrooms, chandelier lighting 

throughout, a bridal suite and 

a groom’s room for private spaces 

to get ready, a wireless microphone 

and speaker system, 200 white resin 

chairs for the ceremony, 20 round tables 

and 200 gold Chiavari chairs for 

the reception, a 1,680-square-foot patio 

with bistro lights, charming horse 

trailer bar, 100-car parking lot with 

parking attendant, access to many 

decor items, staging facilities for catering, 

cleanup assistance and much 

more. 

Future plans include building 

cabins so the wedding party can stay 

overnight at the site. “And we hope 

to add a pavilion later,” Lisa said. 

People may wonder how two 

educators can finance such a big 

project, she said. “Jamie is good with 

money, and we made some smart investments,” 

she explained. She also 

credits her father-in-law’s help for 

allowing them to maximize profit on 

some properties they sold. 

“Wes helped us build two homes. 

We sold them and made good profit,” 

she said. “We had storage units and 

sold them, and we had a cabin. They 

all sold for good profit. That, and living 

below our means, is how is how 

these two educators had money to 

put into this building,” she said. 

Although both Jamie and Lisa 

are Crawford County High School 

graduates, they met at the University 

of Southern Indiana in Evansville, 

where he was a student and she went 

as a high school senior to visit the 

college. “I ended up visiting Jamie 

instead of the school,” she said. “We 

began dating and here we are. We 

have been a good team. Where one is 

weak, the other is strong.” 

“I wanted something 

that looked like a 

barn, but was modern, 

something that had 

everything a bride 

dreamed of for her 

wedding,” 

- Lisa Smith 

Co-Owner, 

The Barn on Jericho 

Pictured: (opposite) Jamie and Lisa Smith, owners of the Barn on Jericho; (this page, from top) the beautiful outdoor event 

space; indoor gathering space; a beautiful sunset is the perfect event backdrop. 


Building a house is known to be 

one of the things most stressful to a 

marriage, Lisa said, “And we have 

just been through a massive building 

project.” Although they admit to 

a few lively discussions during constructions, 

they have weathered the 

test well. 

Actually, the first ceremony at 

the Barn was Sept. 9, when the couple 

renewed their wedding vows in observance 

of their 25th anniversary. 

“We were young and poor when we 

got married,” said Lisa. “I don’t think 

our wedding cost more than $100. So, 

we wanted to do something special 

for our silver wedding anniversary.” 

The facility has a full schedule 

until Thanksgiving. 

Thirty-five or so weddings are 

booked, some as far out as 2025. “Several 

hopeful brides-to-be have toured 

the facility and got information as 

well,” said Lisa. “They are just waiting 

for a proposal to set a date.” 

Bookings have included clients 

from Evansville, Indianapolis, 

Bloomington and Tell City, as well as 

Crawford County. 

No weddings are held during 

the winter. The Smiths plan to eventually 

retire and spend those months 

in Florida, operating the wedding 

barn during the spring, summer and 

autumn. 

The facility will be for weddings 

only. “We just want it to be special, 

not something people have gone to 

for birthday parties, baby showers, 

reunions and so on,” Lisa said. 

“It was stressful during the 

building,” she said. “There were 

problems working through Covid, 

such as delays in getting supplies, but 

is rewarding now.” She is especially 

pleased with the elegant chandeliers. 

“I ordered them before the concrete 

was poured,” she said. 

“I like to help other small businesses 

and to work with local people 

– photographers, florists, wedding 

planners, etc.,” Lisa said. “And people 

are staying in cabins in the area 

and using local vendors.” 

Her favorite part of the new 

business has been working with the 

couples to help make their dream 

wedding everything they want. She 

has the brides’ phone numbers listed 

in her contact list by wedding date 

and enjoys frequent conversations. 

“At first, there were times I 

couldn’t answer their questions. 

Sometimes I would have to say, ‘That 

is a good question,’ but we would get 

it figured out. Now I am more confident. 

I love talking to them and helping 

them plan. 

“It has been so much fun meeting 

with the brides,” said Lisa. “And 

to see and hear the vision each of 

them have for their wedding. Each 

want something different. I love helping 

to make it happen.” • 

For more information, go to thebarnonjericho.com, 

or call 812-653-8658. The 

Barn on Jericho is at 2501 W. Jericho 

Road, Taswell, IN 47175. 


“It has been so much fun meeting with the brides. And to see and 

hear the vision each of them have for their wedding. Each want 

something different. I love helping to make it happen.” 

- Lisa Smith 

Co-Owner, The Barn on Jericho 


Embers erupt from 

the fire built from 

wood still too damp 

to burn properly, 

sending pops and 

crackles off in every direction. 

He smiles to himself as he 

imagines nature is putting on a 

fireworks show just for him. His 

wife has been asleep long 

enough his arm tingles all the 

way down to his fingertips, but 

he won’t dare disturb her. As 

his wife breathes the slow, soft 

melody of sleep, her husband 

watches the fire. 

He notices as the embers shoot 

from the heart of the blaze into 

the inky sky, disappearing into 

the fog settling onto the lake, 

and his mind drifts back. He 

looks at the elderly woman 

sleeping so comfortably on his 

shoulder and thinks back to the 

day he met her, then on their 

wedding day three years later. 

He remembers how the two of 

them stood side by side from 

when they met during college to 

when she transitioned from 

young professional to retiree; as 

they became parents, then 

became grandparents. 


The fire, emitting less heat than 

just moments before, is still 

sending embers out from its 

core. He smiles as he watches 

tiny moments of his past become 

miniature comets, momentarily 

becoming the center of his 

attention before disappearing 

from view, or burning out just 

before disappearing into the 

indistinguishable grey curtain 

made up of fog and the serenity 

of the waveless lake. 

His wife wakes up and sees her 

husband lost in thought. She 

decides not to interrupt his 

moment. Beyond the comfort of 

her husband’s shoulder, the fire 

pops and she notices an ember of 

flame and ash disappear into the 

water. She smiles. Here is a 

perfect moment, one of many, 

now written in the story of their 

lives. 

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Holidays In SoIN 

An old-fashioned Christmas 

is something many of 

us have yearned for, having 

heard echoes of a time 

when the most-celebrated holiday 

of the year was simpler and — perhaps 

— more heartfelt than in today’s 

busy and commercialized world. The 

Christmases of our ancestors were a 

time for family, homemade decorations 

and lovingly crafted gifts. Or 

maybe no decorations or gifts at all, 

but simply the gathering of loved 

ones to create a warmth that chased 

away the bitterness of winter’s chill. 

Whatever the choices those 

people made long ago to observe 

Christmas, the Orange County Historical 

Society (OCHS) is this year 

once again offering the chance to revisit 

what might have been in those 

pioneer days. Through a special holiday 

celebration at the historic Lindley 

House — the former home of early 

Orange County settler Thomas Elwood 

Lindley — visitors will relive 

a sense of what Christmas may have 

been like in the 19th century, experiencing 

a taste of what Christmas was 

like long before shopping malls and 

convenience stores, before gifts were 

purchased online and everyone felt 

the need to have the latest thing. 

The OCHS will play host to an 

old-fashioned holiday event at the 

historic Lindley House on Sunday, 

Dec. 4, from 1 to 4 p.m. The historic 

site is located on the western edge of 

Paoli at 1563 W. Willow Creek Road. 

The 170-year-old historic farm 

home will be decorated in part 

downstairs to reflect a simple 1860s 

Christmas past and will be open for 

informal touring. OCHS volunteers 

will be on site to share historic tidbits 

relating to the home site and serve up 

hot cider and cookies as well. 

“While we are aware that traditionally 

the Lindley family, who were 

Quakers, would have very likely 

avoided any efforts of the period to 

commercialize Christmas, the event 

simply gives us an occasion just to 

open up the old farmhouse to our visitor 

friends one last time at season’s 

end and share some of the simple 

holiday traditions of the time period 

of the home itself,” said OCHS President 

Robert F. Henderson. 

Santa Claus, also sometimes referred 

to as Father Christmas, Kris 

Kringle and/or St. Nicholas, is a 

combination of many different legends 

and mythical creatures as told 

through the centuries by a multitude 

Old-Fashioned Fun 

Orange County Historical Society plans Christmas Events 

Story and Photos submitted by 

the Orange County Historical Society 

of culture and faiths. The modern image 

of Santa Claus had not fully solidified 

in the public’s eye until the latter 

half of the 19th century, when Thomas 

Nast’s drawing of the fat jolly elf 

with a bag full of presents appeared 

in Harper’s Weekly in the 1870s and 

1880s. 

Christmas literature of the time 

included “‘Twas the Night Before 

Christmas,” written by Clement 

Moore in 1822, and Charles Dickens’ 

“A Christmas Carol,” which was 

published in in 1843. Christmas carols 

of the Lindley House era included 

“It Came Upon a Midnight Clear,” 

written in 1850, and “We Three Kings 

of Orient Are,” written in 1857. 

Decorations during that period 

would have been very minimal indeed, 

added Henderson. Garland, 

holly and evergreen boughs possibly 

covering the mantle, pictures, lamps 

and door and window frames, and

perhaps a sprig of mistletoe tucked 

in some opportunistic spot decorated 

the homes. The poinsettia became 

a popular decoration in the United 

States in the 1850s and spring bulbs 

forced to bloom were also popular. 

Then, as now, the holidays were a 

time for special foods. A typical menu 

for a special holiday season may have 

included boned turkey, oysters, venison, 

biscuits, glazed fruit, fruitcake, 

citrus fruit, eggnog and hot coffee. 

Popular gifts for boys and girls 

in the mid-19th century included 

wooden toys, popcorn balls and candy. 

Adults often gave each other 

books, notepaper, pens, fancy perfumes 

and soaps. 

The Lindley House has been 

restored to reflect the period of late 

1850s to the mid-1860s when it was 

used as a farm home. Listed on the 

National Historic Register of Historic 

Places since 1985, the house is normally 

open by appointment. 

There will be no charge to visit 

the house; however, donations are accepted 

to help preserve and maintain 

the home site. 

OCHS is also finalizing plans for 

its upcoming Holiday Open House at 

the Orange County Historic Museum 

set for Sunday, Nov. 20, from 1 to 4 

p.m. The event is being held in conjunction 

with the annual Paoli Merchants 

Christmas Open House being 

held that same day. 

Artifacts and items of historical 

significance of Orange County’s rich 

and interesting history can be viewed 

during the event at the museum located 

on the northwest corner of the 

Courthouse Square in Paoli. 

Visitors will find a treasure trove 

of memorabilia from throughout 

the years, including antique clothing, 

primitive farm tools and woodworking 

tools, church records, court 

records, books and a rare miniature 

English Tudor dollhouse with furnishings. 

The museum is in the historic 

Dr. J.H. Sherrod House, circa 

1885. 

A one-room schoolhouse has 

been re-created upstairs at the museum, 

reflecting the early American 

period, along with a period doctor’s 

office. • 

This year marks the 50th anniversary of 

the present-day OCHS. For more information, 

visit historicorangecounty.org. 

Through a special holiday celebration at the historic 

Lindley House, visitors will relive a sense of what 

Christmas may have been like in the 19th century, 

experiencing a taste of what Christmas was like 

long before shopping malls and convenience stores, 

before gifts were purchased online and everyone 

felt the need to have the latest thing. 

Pictured: (left hand page) the fireplace is decked out for Christmas in the dining room at the Lindley house; (this page, 

from top, clockwise) a dollhouse includes a miniature Christmas tree; cooking a feast would have been quite a bit harder on 

an old-fashioned stove; a wreath welcomes holiday visitors; the Lindley House on a cold, snowy morning. 


The wooded property of sculptor 

and musician Eric Harmon, 

just outside Paoli, includes 

among its assorted 

trees the black walnut – there is one 

visible through the kitchen window. 

Hanging just above that window is a 

sculpture, in black walnut, of a peapod 

that Harmon carved for his wife, 

Dee. 

“I like to use black walnut in my 

work,” Harmon said, “because it reflects 

where I live. It is abundant in 

Orange County – friends will sometimes 

give it to me. The wood is tied 

to my everyday experience and roots 

my work in a place.” 

This wood is also beautiful, with 

swirling combinations of dark to light 

browns and wild grain patterns. 

Harmon’s sculptures reflect his 

life’s experiences in other ways. He is 

a retired optometrist and regionally 

known musician who has been playing 

the upright bass with the Lick 

Creek Band for 30 years. These lifelong 

pursuits are echoed in his sculptures 

of human hands: from the adept 

hand of the optometrist holding 

a convex lens to the agile hand of the 

bassist with fingers wrapped around 

the neck of the instrument. 

“Hands are as expressive as the 

human face,” Harmon said to elucidate 

his fascination with carving the 

hand. “Most people could identify 

their parents’ hands from a line-up 

because they are so distinctive,” he 

said. 

In Harmon’s work “Plectrum,” 

the thumb, index finger and middle 

finger hold a plectrum (pick) in a conventional 

manner. Knuckle bones, 

skin creases and a few veins are clearly 

visible, but there are no tense tendons 

or muscles (as there are in another of 

his sculptures). The grip is loose and 

comes “alive,” communicating a lyrical 

and relaxed touch. Harmon elaborated 

on the materials he used: “In 

addition to the black walnut, ebony 

was used for the plectrum, and the 

base is Biggs picture jasper that I get 

from Merrill Hinshaw, a lapidary in 

French Lick.” 

Harmon began sculpting wood 

in his early teens. “My grandfather 

was a blacksmith, and my father always 

had a workshop, so I grew 

up with a sense of how to shape 

things with my hands,” Harmon 

said. “Walking home from school, 

I picked up a piece of maple from a 

downed tree, started carving and 

was hooked.” His grandfather also 


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showed him how to make the mallet, 

which he still uses today in carving. 

The reverence Harmon feels for his 

grandfather is evident: his grandfather’s 

anvil is displayed in his and 

Dee’s living room alongside 

Harmon’s own sculpture. 

Since retiring from optometry in 

2015, Harmon has found time to explore 

new approaches to his art. “A 

few years back, I took a stone lettering 

class from a very skilled sculptor 

based in 

Bloomington, Amy Brier, who 

helped me make the transition from 

wood to stone carving,” he said. 

Limestone has since become one 

of his favorite mediums. “Neighboring 

Lawrence County is the limestone 

capital of the world,” Harmon said, 

“so acquiring it is easy. It is uniform 

and predictable, unlike wood with its 

grain and hidden flaws that can create 

problems. It is also more permanent 

than wood.” 

The Power of Hands 

Sculptures by local artist and musician Eric Harmon 

Story by Judy Cato 

Photos by Lorraine Hughes 

One of his earliest limestone 

pieces, “Aquagirl,” was chosen to be 

featured at the 23rd annual 

Juried Art Exhibition in Jasper’s 

Krempp Gallery. “The sculpture began 

as an oddly shaped scrap of limestone 

from another work,” Harmon 

said. “I decided to let intuition guide 

me.” The finished work is semi-abstract, 

with fluid curves that loosely 

convey a leg and fin emerging from 

splashing water. 

In 2021, the Paoli United Methodist 

Church commissioned Harmon 

to create a sculpture for the church’s 

50th anniversary celebration. The 

pastor of the church suggested a 

crucified hand theme. As preparation 

for this weighty assignment, 

Harmon read relevant theology, art 

history, and looked at significant art 

works, most notably at Michelangelo’s 

painting of the hands of God and 

Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine 

Chapel. “I decided to depict the mo-

“I like to use black walnut in my work because 

it reflects where I live. It is abundant in Orange 

County – friends will sometimes give it to me. 

The wood is tied to my everyday experience and 

roots my work in a place.” 

- Eric Harmon 

ment before the crucifixion, with the 

hand of Christ reaching out in fervent 

love,” Harmon said. The limestone 

sculpture, mounted on a segment of 

the cross – in black walnut – is now 

permanently installed in the church’s 

sanctuary. 

Harmon’s current work, “Optics,” 

will comprise two complementary 

sculptures. The first one is completed: 

a male hand holding a convex 

lens. The companion piece planned is 

a female hand holding a concave lens. 

“My wife, Dee, and I worked together 

at the optometry office for 33 years,” 

Harmon said. “These sculptures commemorate 

our work together.” 

Beside the Harmons’ home 

is a large studio/workshop that can 

easily accommodate all the tools 

and materials needed for both wood 

and stone carving. It is also used for 

home maintenance projects. “Growing 

up, I loved to be in my father’s 

workshop,” Harmon said. “My own 

workshop is the same, a place where I 

feel connected to both my father and 

grandfather.” 

Harmon is truly multi-talented. 

Not only is he a widely respected musician 

and a sculptor with a growing 

portfolio, but he is also an avid reader, 

a deep-thinker and a writer who 

has written a screenplay. Like other 

multi-talented people, he has never 

tried to fit into a role or brand. Art is 

his refuge. 

“Going into my workshop is 

more for the ‘flow’ that happens 

there,” he said. “I lose track of time, 

my mind is elevated, self-awareness 

fades out. I’m rooted in work that 

unifies place, people – all those positive 

things in my life flowing into the 

work.” • 

Pictured: (opposite) Eric’s limestone sculpture ; (this page, from top) Eric Harmon in his workshop; “Plectrum”, a sculture 

of a hand holding a pick made of black mohogany; a work commisioned by Paoli United Methodist Church depicting the 

hand of Christ in the moment before the crucifixion. 


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A Feminine Touch 

Orleans shop offers a step into another era 

Story and Photos by Michele Hardman 


What comes to mind when 

you hear the word “Victorian”? 

Pristinely dressed 

ladies wearing white 

gloves who embody elegance, grace 

and composure? Or fine china and 

fancy, formal table settings? These are 

the types of things you’ll see and the 

atmosphere you’ll experience when 

you visit the Feminine Mystique shop 

in Orleans. 

Bonnie Bolinger is the proprietress 

of the shop and will greet you 

with her warm, welcoming smile. 

She’s a retired professor and her 

teaching skills quickly surface as 

she graciously shares her wealth of 

knowledge on her numerous items 

throughout the building. 

Bonnie was born and raised on 

a farm in Orleans, with her first love 

being art. Her father saw her artistic 

potential and encouraged her to pursue 

it in college. But Bonnie didn’t 

think she was talented enough to ever 

make a living with art, so instead, she 

pursued a business degree, graduating 

from Indiana State University. 

Her career took her to Massachusetts 

for a while, then to Zionsville, Indiana, 

where she managed a couple different 

restaurants. Then, she moved 

to Terre Haute to further her education 

even more, and became a professor 

at Ivy Tech. 

While living in Terre Haute, her 

love of all things Victorian led her to 

open a successful retail shop there. 

But when she retired in 2020, her 

hometown of Orleans was calling 

her, so she packed up her home and 

shop and moved it all to Orleans. She 

found the perfect building: a stately, 

two-story, older structure that had 

once been the town hotel many years 

ago. It was now a private residence 

and was ideal for her Victorian shop. 

Built in 1873, it now has the honor of 

being on the National Register of Historic 

Places. Through the years, the 

building has been used as a hotel, restaurant, 

bed-and-breakfast, personal 

residence and retail shop. Amazingly, 

in almost 150 years, there have only 

been six different owners of the property. 

When asked what made her 

open the business, she said, “I wanted 

to give ladies a place they could 

come and just feel like a girl. To relax, 

be around pretty things and get away 

from it all.” She’s certainly accomplished 

that. It’s almost like you’re 

stepping back in time for a while. Bonnie 

has some displays of clothing and 

hats that look like something Jackie 

Kennedy would have worn. Then 

there’s the vintage jewelry and cameos, 

along with purses, hats, scarves, 

gloves and a few pieces of furniture 

she’s willing to part with. Bonnie is 

really good at sharing history and information 

with her customers. 

Feminine Mystique also offers 

Vaseline Glass. The funny-sounding 

name is derived from the fact that 

it’s a similar color to the petroleumbased 

Vaseline that we know today. 

That color is achieved by using uranium 

in the production process. Put 

the glassware in a dimly lit room and 

shine a blacklight on it and it literally 

glows. Although canary yellow is the 

predominant color of Vaseline Glass, 

it also may be found in green and 

blue. The collection of Red Bohemian 

Glass at Feminine Mystique is an eyecatcher, 

too. The glass in a rich, deep 

shade of red makes a stunning Christmas 

time display, but it’s also worthy 

of being left out all year long to enjoy. 

Red Bohemian is usually in the 

form of a cut glass, and it originated 

in Czechoslovakia in the 13th century. 

As soon as you walk in the front 

door at Feminine Mystique, you’ll 

see the “pink table” to your left. Bonnie 

has loaded down a large wooden 

table with a gorgeous display of pink 

glassware — vases, bowls, pitchers 

and plates of all shapes and sizes. 

The pretty pink lights that have been 

gracefully laid all over the tabletop 

It was now a private 

residence and was ideal 

for her Victorian shop. 

Built in 1873, it now has 

the honor of being on 

the National Register 

of Historic Places. 

Through the years, the 

building has been used 

as a hotel, restaurant, 

bed-and-breakfast, 

personal residence and 

retail shop. 

enhance the effect even more. The 

cranberry color is one of her more 

popular products with her customers. 

She originally started out colleting 

Pink Depression Glass, then 

discovered the Cranberry Glass and 

quickly fell in love with it. 

Many of the pieces at the shop 

had a specific purpose back in the 

day. For example, do you know what 

salt cellars are? They’re tiny containers 

(mostly glass, but some stainless 

steel) that would have been set 

at each person’s place setting at the 

dinner table. Since salt was more of 

a luxury years ago, these little salt 

cellars would have been used by the 

affluent folks. Small amounts of salt 

were placed in them for diners to get 

a small pinch of salt to add to their 

meal. They’re traced back to ancient 

Greece. 

While you’re here, ask Bonnie

about the interesting looking Slag 

Glass, which became popular in the 

late 1800s and has silicate slag as its 

main ingredient. Also ask her if she 

has any chocolate pots on display. 

These look more like elegant pitchers 

that were used for chocolate. We 

usually think of the Victorian-era 

folks as drinking teas, but they actually 

drank chocolate before they were 

introduced to tea. It was considered 

a luxury import since it wasn’t easily 

available. You can learn about 

Epergne table centerpieces and the 

silver bride’s baskets as well. 

When asked what she loves 

about her shop, Bonnie said that “everything 

has its own personality.” In 

addition to all the Victorian items, she 

also hand-paints small rocks that she 

sells at the local veterinary clinic in 

town. All proceeds are donated to the 

Orange County Humane Society. 

There’s a wide range of prices at 

Feminine Mystique to fit any budget, 

so you’re encouraged to stop in and 

browse around. • 

“I wanted to give ladies a place they could come 

and just feel like a girl. To relax, be around 

pretty things and get away from it all.”” 

- Bonnie Bolinger, Owner 

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From a very young age, I have loved 

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Holiday Road 

A Christmas Devotional 

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water. You can make a homemade starter 

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The ingredients are simple, the process 

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benefit to slowing 

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a homemade 

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Photo credit: Bethany Evans at Chillspice 

About the Author 

Whitney Dunagan, RD, LD, 

is a registered dietitian at 

Baptist Health Floyd in New 

Albany. She graduated from 

the University of Southern 

Indiana and completed her 

dietetic internship through 

Iowa State University. She has practiced in a 

variety of settings, including weight management, 

physical rehab and clinical inpatient and 

enjoys the impact that the field allows her to 

have on the lives of patients. She has a passion 

for cooking and loves spending time in the 

kitchen with her family. 








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Ialmost got fired last Thanksgiving. Or 

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into a work of art. It was picture perfect. 

Then, when she was trying to determine if 

it was done, I decided to be helpful again. 

I just meant to poke a small hole in 

the top crust to see if it was bubbling. Instead, 

I gouged a massive crater in the pie, 

marring her flaky masterpiece with an 

ugly scar. 

When I saw the look on her face, I 

started counting the kitchen knives just to 

make sure I wasn’t in any immediate danger. 

Then I did what any turkey would do 

on Thanksgiving. I ran for my life. 

As you can see, I was a big help. The 

funny thing is I realized we’d come full 

circle. It wasn’t that long ago that she was 

the one “helping” in the kitchen, a preschooler 

making messes and covered in 

flour. Now here she was growing up, taking 

over and I was the one slowing things 

down. 

That’s how it goes. We start out 

life dependent on our parents and wrap 

things up here on earth dependent on our 

kids or others to take care of us. There’s a 

small window in the middle when we’re 

the ones taking care of those around us, 

but it doesn’t last long. 

The good news is there’s a God who 

loves us through each of those seasons. 

Whether we’re cooks or messmakers, 

caregivers or dependents, God invites us 

to draw near and depend on Him. 

In fact, a Jesus follower named Paul 

said that God created the earth and all 

When I saw the look on her face, I started counting 

the kitchen knives just to make sure I wasn’t in any 

immediate danger. Then I did what any turkey would 

do on Thanksgiving. I ran for my life. 

of humanity for this very purpose so we 

would “seek him and perhaps reach out 

for him and find him. Though he is not far 

from any one of us” (Acts 17:27 NIV). 

While our culture tends to celebrate 

productivity and possessions, God celebrates 

presence. He invites us to draw 

close to Him not because of what we can 

do for Him, but simply because we are 

His. 

Fortunately my daughter feels the 

same way. She eventually let me back in 

the kitchen and generously shared the 

apple pie I’d almost ruined, a delicious reminder 

of God’s grace, which is more than 

enough reason to give thanks. • 

Photo credit: JeniFoto / shutterstock.com 

Jason Byerly is a writer, pastor, husband and 

dad who loves the quirky surprises God sends 

his way every day. You can read more from 

Jason in his books Tales from the Leaf Pile and 

Holiday Road. You can catch up with Jason on 

his blog at www.jasonbyerly.com.

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