Bloom Archives
Category: Home & Family
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Kids (and Adults) Can Learn About ‘Your Amazing Brain!’ at WonderLab Exhibition
BY SOPHIE BIRD Eight years of planning have gone into the creation of “Your Amazing Brain!” the latest exhibition at WonderLab Museum of Science,…
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Jill Bolte Taylor Bids Farewell to Her Beloved Mother, G.G.
In 1996, at the age of 37, Jill Bolte Taylor, a Harvard-trained neuroscientist, experienced a massive stroke. She documented her eight-year recovery in My…
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From Horrors to a New Life: A Bloomington Success Story Because the U.S. Took In Vietnamese Refugees
BY MIKE LEONARD For 18 years, clients have patronized The Nail Studio on South College Mall Road and most have received salon services from…
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Threshold Choir Comforts Those at the End of Life (Video)
BY JENNIFER LEONARD When Melanie Ann Turner first heard about the Threshold Choir from Janiece Jaffe, a local jazz vocalist and “sound healer,” she…
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New Hope Early Childhood Center Helping Families Without a Home
BY CARMEN SIERING New Hope for Families opened in July 2011, offering shelter and resources to families facing homelessness. Executive Director Elaine Guinn vividly…
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Siosi Design + Build: Life Partners Blend Their Skills (Photo Gallery)
BY NANCY HILLER Furniture makers Ivy Siosi and Audim Culver are partners in life and work. The two women, both 32, formed Siosi Design…
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Ivy Tech Expansion Means More Opportunities for Local Students
BY JEREMY SHERE Phase II of the Ivy Tech Community College–Bloomington main campus expansion is nearing completion. Students, faculty, and staff should expect to…
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New Initiative Seeks to Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags
BY CAIRRIL MILLS In many places throughout the world, going shopping means taking along a bag or basket to bring purchases home. If a Center for Sustainable…
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Hugs Urban Farm Will Turn Your Backyard Into a Growth Business
BY JULIE GRAY Nate Dodson, 32, who founded Hugs Urban Farm with his wife, Michelle, 30, admits he can’t remember how they came up…