My dear wife of 22 years, Carrie, and I went to Columbus, Indiana today.  We walked around and shivered.  On the way to Columbus, we stopped in a few fields in Jackson County to look at our old friends the Sandhill Cranes that always stop off at the flat river bottoms in the area as they are heading North again.

These are awesome birds.

We stopped at the new Commons in Columbus.  It is new to me, anyway, remodeled in 2011, the work to redo the place was worked around this piece of kinetic art called Chaos I by Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.  It was paced here in 1974 and you better believe there was some confusion over this chaos.  What the heck is it?  Well, it is art.  Love it or leave it.  I like it.  It was there when I was six and it is still there.

Columbus is a cool town.  I was born here.

Looking up at the art.

The Courthouse next door.

Last night Carrie and I had a great time at the NH Cougars basketball game.  The team has won 6 in a row after a 10 point victory over the Crawford County Wolfpack.  I say keep up the good work!

And I will keep speaking the rights!

Danny Johnson