My very favorite Corydon event

Of all the smalltown happenings here, this one is my favorite. So much so that the members of the Kalish Picture Editing Workshop advisory board changed their schedules so that I could be here Saturday night for the parade. They wanted to meet in New Orleans on Saturday, but changed it to Friday when I told them I had to be here.

Had to run around and change my plane schedule at the last minute, which was a big pain, but I made it in time.

It was worth it. Though I have to admit, I like the crowds as much or more than the parade itself. Check out the coverage.

That's all for 2006 football

The second half was a draw; Corydon tied Batesville, 7-7. 'Course they had to also count the first half, so the final ended up 55-7. Fumbles, interceptions for touchdowns...the first half wasn't pretty. And it was a long, ugly bus ride, too. You can't hardly get to Batesville from here.

Football sectional

I've covered high school sports for, um, let's say many years and I'm still amazed at how a team can be great one week and ho-hum the next. I know it's all about self-confidence and effort and believing you're a winner, but the hard part is figuring out how to get your team to be winners instead of losers. I've covered four Corydon games this year. Two of them, Perry County and West Washington, were not the Panthers' finest hours. But in the other two, they were awesome, Salem and North Harrison. Particularly the North Harrison game. Corydon just never gave up, against a team that was supposed to beat them easily. That was one of the best high school football games I've seen. Would have been great to have won, but the Panthers should be proud of their effort.

Hope that's the Panther team that shows up this weekend. Anyway, we'll be there in Batesville to cover it.

Thank you all

Life in Corydon was conceived as a photography site. Pictures are non-verbal. Short of the occasional explanations to allow better appreciation of the images, words shouldn't be necessary.

Still, there often are important things to be said. Therefore, we've added this blog to Life in Corydon, to talk about photography and high school sports and kids soccer and events downtown on the square and parades and all the things we've been photographing.

In this first post, however, I simply want to thank all of you who visit our site and especially thank those of you who have been kind enough to email us with your thoughts. Keep them coming.

We wish for Life in Corydon to be a place where you can send your own pictures and thoughts and we'll try to get them published.

Thank you.