Edition #1: First Edition
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Thursday, October 1, 2026
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🍂 OCTOBER HAS ARRIVED!
There is something different about October.
The air begins to change. The days grow shorter, pumpkins start appearing on porches, and suddenly everybody seems to be thinking about fall.
October is the month of changing leaves, covered bridges, old cemeteries, Halloween stories, strange happenings, football, warm drinks and those cool evenings when you would rather stay inside than go back out.
So welcome to October!
Let's see what today has in store.
🌉 COVERED BRIDGE CORNER
If you've ever driven through Parke County, Indiana, you've probably noticed something interesting about the countryside.
Covered bridges and horse-and-buggy country seem to go together.
Parke County is home to 31 historic covered bridges and also has a large Amish community where horse-and-buggy traffic is common on both paved and gravel roads.
It makes you wonder:
Did covered bridges make traveling by horse and buggy easier?
The original reason for covering the bridges was primarily to protect the wooden structure from weather. But I have always thought there was another interesting advantage to an enclosed bridge.
Imagine traveling by horse and buggy more than a hundred years ago.
You come down a country road, reach a creek, and instead of crossing an exposed wooden bridge, you enter a covered structure that provides some protection from rain, snow and the elements.
It certainly sounds like it would have made the crossing more comfortable for both horse and traveler.
We can't say that was the reason these bridges were covered—but it's an interesting thing to think about when you're standing inside one.
And there's evidence that horse-and-buggy travel has been part of the landscape around these bridges for a long time. One Indiana travel account even describes seeing horse-hoof and buggy-wheel tracks at a Parke County covered bridge after a snowfall.
That's the kind of little piece of history that makes these bridges come alive.
🏘️ A LITTLE WEST-CENTRAL INDIANA HISTORY
Parke County calls itself the Covered Bridge Capital of the World, with 31 standing covered bridges. Neighboring Putnam County has another nine historic covered bridges.
That gives this part of Indiana an amazing collection of historic bridges packed into a relatively small area.
And every bridge has its own story.
Some cross creeks.
Some have been moved.
Some are still open to traffic.
Others have been bypassed and preserved as historic landmarks.
That's one reason we've been fascinated with turning some of these bridges into coloring and hidden-object activities.
You aren't just coloring a generic bridge.
You're coloring an actual piece of Indiana history.
🎉 A LITTLE BITZ OF GOOD NEWS
Today we have something worth celebrating.
Our first T-shirt sale has arrived!
One of our designs has officially found its first buyer.
That may not sound like huge news to everyone, but when you're building something from the ground up, the first sale is a big deal.
It means somebody saw something, liked it enough to stop, and decided to buy it.
That's how a small idea becomes a real business—one customer at a time.
You can see the designs at:
And yes, we're pretty excited about that first sale!
🧩 TODAY'S PUZZLE BITZ
Can you solve this?
I am thinking of a word.
It has 7 letters.
It is associated with October.
It begins with L and ends with S.
What am I?
Answer: LEAVES
👻 ODD BITZ
October wouldn't be October without a few strange stories.
Old houses, forgotten cemeteries, abandoned roads and historic buildings seem to take on a different personality when the leaves begin falling.
That's why October is the perfect month for a good mystery.
And around BlogBitz, we like mysteries.
Especially the ones that don't have an easy answer.
☕ THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY
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Come back tomorrow.
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News. Oddities. Indiana. Puzzles. Stories. Humor. History.
Just a little bit of everything.
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