Bloom Archives
Category: Home & Family
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Artist Catherine Conlin Is Now Teaching Classes in Floral Design
As a young girl, every year Catherine Conlin would visit a flower shop in her hometown of Griffith, Indiana, and buy her mother flowers…
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Interior Designer Diana Paxton Back in Business with DianaBe
She is now Diana Paxton and after a 10-year absence brought on by a couple of detours, she has launched DianaBe LLC. “I was…
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The Appeal of Begonias
Begonias are a diverse family of 1,500 plant species native to tropical and subtropical regions of all continents except Australia.
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The Public Library: Where Latino Kids Can Learn Spanish
Every Saturday, a room on the second floor of the Monroe County Public Library (MCPL) becomes an international classroom and community known as La…
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Krimson Leadership Academy Teaching it’s Cool to Be Smart
When Brian Richardson was being raised by a single mother in Saginaw, Michigan, he knew that as a black youth attending schools with poor…
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The T.C. Steele Gardens
Theodore Clement Steele (1847–1926), the famous American impressionist painter, is well known for his Indiana landscapes. (What many may not know is that Steele…
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Green Camino—An Easy Way to Start Composting
Kathy Gutowsky and Randi Cox have a history of environmental activism that dates back to the late 90s when they met on a recycling…
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Early Childhood Care Made Affordable by United Ministries
When Monroe County United Ministries (MCUM) Director of Operations Jen Smallwood enters a 2-year-old classroom, a toddler rushes up to her with a big…
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Couple Finds Bloomington Good Place to Raise Son With Special Needs
Getting married, having children, and raising them to an age where they can set out on their own is something many couples envision. When…