Bloom Archives
Author: lynae
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Susan Gubarâs Brave Memoir Receives High Critical Praise
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS Susan Gubar, feminist literary scholar and IU Ruth N. Halls and distinguished professor emerita, was shocked when doctors diagnosed her…
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âSweatersâ Will Soon Adorn Trees on Square (Photo Gallery)
BY LYNAE SOWINSKI This fall, the trees around Bloomingtonâs downtown Square will be more than colorfulâthey will be âyarn bombed.â Mary Ann Gingles, owner…
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Lebanese Recipes
Here are the recipes we promised from Christine Barbour’s article in the August/September issue. These recipes were adapted by Barbour from her grandmother’s church cookbook, Magic…
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The Paintings of Longtime Prof Barry Gealt at IU Art Museum (Video)
BY PAMELA KEECH This fall the IU Art Museum will present a retrospective of the paintings of Barry Gealt, who retired from IU in…
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Lotus Festival (Video)
BY ELISABETH ANDREWS Ancient Sanskrit texts were not common in turn-of-the-century southern Indianaâcertainly not within one-room log cabins housing families with five kids. But…
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A Farm Where the Water Buffalo Roam
BY NANCY HILLER Meet Buffy, Ginger, Nilla, Sassy, Blanca, and Bella. Judging by their names, the girls in this list might be characters in…
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The Young Turks of Technology
BY JEREMY SHERE Bloomington is famous for many things:Â music, basketball, bicycle racing, and as the birthplace of Hoagy Carmichael, to name a few. But…
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Friends of the Library Bookstore: Always an Adventure!
BY PAMELA KEECH On the lower floor of the Monroe County Public Library, almost hidden behind the music and video department, is a small…
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Weekly Exercise: Ball Plank with a Roll In
This week continues our work with a stability ball. Last week, Allison Chopra, personal trainer at Urban Fitness Studio, showed us how to pick the correct…