What does the view from the corn mean? It means that I aim to write about Indiana. All of it the good , the bad, and the corny of course. Indiana is part of the overlooked upper Midwest. Indiana’s history is a microcosm of life across the upper Midwest. Hoosier’s are a fascinating bunch.
We have are more colorfully southern then those snotty Buckeye’s to the east. Hoosiers have hospitality down compared to those folks who live in Chicago and that state that surrounds the Windy city. Well I do not have to tell you how we differ from Kentuckians we are moderately quirky Southern, we don’t take pride in wearing raccoon or any sort of vermin on our heads. We make our ‘shine’ in the bath tub not in the woods somewhere .
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| The Hoosier State passing through Shelby, Indiana on June 24, 2011. Note the Chase St. signal box on the CSX line. The mixed consist--a Superliner, baggage car and Horizon Fleet coaches--is typical for the Hoosier State which serves as Amtrak's "hospital train," ferrying equipment to and from the shops at Beech Grove, Indiana. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
The Hoosier state outshines Kentucky because we were the first US. wine country. We are much more defined then of Kentucky neighbors. Neighbors really? I was always told that someday those bourbon swilling raccoon hat wearing bunch would someday invade the fine Hoosier state across the Ohio River!
It is like my fear that someday the snobs from Noblesville will come over in their state of the art inboard ( la te dah) pontoons and over take poor aluminium outboard boating Ciceroians ou have to have lived in Hamilton county to understand . It just never departs. I think my father told me these stories because his bourbon swilling sister lived in Kentucky and he was afraid she would come and visit.
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| English: Potter's Bridge, a historical covered bridge in Noblesville, Indiana. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Oh the folks from Michigan are a different breed. Sort of like Hoosier from the region, what is that accent about? We all of your ancestors sing songy Swedes? Yes , ‘normal’ Hoosiers have a drawl. It is not like we are talking with balled up socks in our mouths but , more like just with that one sock that disappears out of every wash load.
Ah, the sun has gone down on the snowy cornfields of Madison county Indiana. The deer are in field situation rooms planning their crisis management strategies to survive now open hunting season. The line at the Anderson Walmart has dwindled to a few brave holiday shoppers , who have to gone to purchase the new Duck Dynasty Chia Pet, in the bitter cold. All is well in calm in the corn.
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| This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in Hamilton County, Indiana, highlighting Noblesville in red. It was created with a custom script with US Census Bureau data and modified with Inkscape. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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