Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens

Most people don't think of chickens as beautiful, but they can be.  I took my camera into a chicken pen and got these photos. For musical accompaniment, click here for B.B. King's classic: "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens".

Images - Fall Afternoon at Winchester Speedway

What you get when you have a dyslexic scoreboard keeper

Images: Farmers Market - Fall 2012

West Baden Springs Hotel & French Lick Resort: Something You MUST See

During the last decade, late Bloomington industrialist Bill Cook poured hundreds of millions of dollars into resurrecting the incredible West Baden Springs Hotel and Spa, as well as the French Lick Resort.  Situated in the twin small towns of West Baden and French Lick in the hills of southern Indiana, these rescued buildings shine through more than 100 years of opulence and hard times, ruin and rehabilitation. If you have not seen them, by all means plan a trip.

The West Baden Springs Hotel, nearly adjoining French Lick, is one of the most impressive marvels of architecture you will find in the United States.  Its majestic dome, unencumbered by supporting pillars, is stunning, but so too are the frescoes, the artistic tile work, the stained glass and furnishing.

Here are some photos I have taken since its rebirth.

Frescoes adorn columns and frame hotel room windows inside West Baden Springs Hotel

Looking out over the expanse of the atrium at West Baden Springs Hotel

Ground level at the atrium, West Baden Springs

The size of the dome is hard to comprehend

Joggers along the impressive brick entryway to West Baden Springs Hotel - The Carlsbad of the United States (referring to the European spa resort, not New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns).

Approaching French Lick Resort & Spa

My motorcycle in the rear parking lot with  West Baden Spring Hotel & Spa in background

Stars Fall Continues to Get Great Reader Reviews

Stars Fall, my legal thriller, continues to get great reader reviews on Amazon. Here's the latest:

I was greatly impressed and greatly entertained. The writing is tight, and it doesn't try for gimmicks the way so much writing does. The characters are believable, and the author resisted giving them eccentricities that authors somehow think is necessary for great stories but which usually annoy me. Dialogue is another area in which so many writers fail, but the characters' speech was believable and natural. Steve Terrell shows remarkable discipline as a writer. It's a great book, and I look forward to the next one from him. 

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