Get out and enjoy the fall weather!

Posted by Evan in Richmond

One of the greatest things about living in this part of the country is the beautiful fall scenery. The brightly colored leaves, the slight chill in the air, the fields full of corn ready to be harvested all make for some of the most picturesque scenery anywhere. If you’re like me and you’re looking for some ways to be out and about this weekend so you can enjoy the fall weather, consider some of these events.

Bloggers in Richmond/Wayne County Indiana

Posted by Evan in Richmond

If you live in the Richmond/Wayne County area you’ll be interested in this list of local bloggers that Chris Hardie has put together. It’s a great way to see what people in this area are saying to everyone else in the world.

Richmond, Indiana: Then and Now

Posted by Evan in My Favorite Posts, Richmond

Those of you who have either visited or better yet still live in Richmond will appreciate this new resource from Morrisson-Reeves Library. It’s called Then and Now and it offers a glimpse into the past of Richmond, Indiana. I spent some time going through and I find it amazing how much change a city can go through (in good and bad ways) in a matter of 100 years. Then and Now is part of a larger section of Local History for Richmond.

I started looking through the pictures because I was trying to find some photos of what the Whitewater Gorge looked like when the Starr-Gennett buildings were there. I find it fascinating that the now useless but beautiful Whitewater Gorge used to be the location of one of the largest employers in Richmond.

Another interesting section, which I posted here before is the Lost Richmond section, which features photos and writeups of buildings that no longer exist. Sadly, after looking through most of the photos of what Richmond used to be vs. what is is now, this isn’t a case of positive progress.

The big little things in Richmond Indiana

Posted by Evan in My Favorite Posts, Random Thoughts, Richmond

When I first got out of high school and decided that I was going to study graphic arts in college I assumed that I would be leaving Richmond when it came time to find a career. After all, Richmond didn’t seem like a hotbed of new media at the time, and I had never met anyone else at school or otherwise that was going into a computer related field.

There were other issues as well. I didn’t feel that this area had the culture that I was looking to be involved with. There are no Thai restaurants in Richmond. There are no movie theatres that play low-budget independant movies. Most all of the restaurants are chain restaurants. Richmond doesn’t have much going for it,
or so I thought…

Living in a small town in Indiana has its advantages and charm. Main Street, the street our company office is located on, is one of the things that I love about Richmond. Small shops (that aren’t child companies of a faceless parent company) and small, green landscaped sitting areas that break up the red brick background of Main Street are what I see when I step out the front door of our office.

I walked across the street today into Readmore, a small coffee shop and book store. They’re a small business and the owner is usually there making hot tea, coffee and selling their locally infamous pies. There’s something so romantic about being able to take a break from work and walk across the street to Readmore. There’s something about being able to give them $4.80 and sit down with a peice of pie and a large cup of hot mint tea. Once I’m finished I go back to work, looking forward to the next time I’ll be able to go there.

It doesn’t take big buildings or trendy coffee houses to make me feel like I’m going places. I can sit in my office on small, unknown and undiscovered Main Street Richmond and know that I’m not missing anything. Sometimes it’s the little things that matter most.

Post performance and the glory days of Richmond

Posted by Evan in Richmond, What's new with me?

Unseen performed on Saturday night and it went very well. We had a good turnout and we did well with all of the music. There was only one bad mistake the whole night and it was easily recovered from. Overall we were very excited to have it over with, but we all look forward to playing again. We’ve got a couple of events on the horizon. More on that later. For now I’m enjoying my evenings at home and loving not having to leave for practice and be gone all day on Saturdays.

Christmas time is here and I’m again reminded about how much I hate cold weather. It’s not too bad when it’s in the 30s, but I can’t stand it when it’s in the single digits or even 20s for that matter. You can feel the death trying to wrap its cold fingers around you. I’m beginning to understand that winter is a time for cleansing of the earth. The weak things die and the strong survive. It’s so extreme.

I’m getting very excited for Christmas this year. For some reason this year seems especially relaxed. Maybe it’s Kristen’s job and her being able to be off for two weeks for Christmas break, but I feel like a kid again. I don’t know what my presents are and I’m excited to find out.

I’ve been interested in the history of Richmond lately and I found a very interesting feature on the Morrison Reeves Library website. It’s called Lost Richmond and it does a great job of showing Richmond as it used to be versus today. One of the most interesting ones to me was the Westcott Hotel. Mostly because it’s so close to where I work. It’s sad that Richmond has lost so much of its character and charm to make way for the bland and generic likes of Wal-Mart and other life-sucking organizations.