Bloom Archives
Category: Web Exclusives
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For the Love of Trains: A Series of Evocative Posters (Photo Gallery)
BY ADELE FOY Trains go plowing through Chris Rund’s imagination on a steady schedule, fired by the same childhood fascination that drove him to…
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Weekly Exercise: Standing Crunch
In the last exercise of this series, Allison Chopra, a personal trainer and owner of Urban Fitness Studio, uses an elastic band to do a basic crunch…
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Care for the Caregiver Workshops Combine Dance and Life Coaching (Video)
BY KELSEY O’CONNOR The idea for Nancy Kalina’s life-coaching workshop came to her because dance fitness had been a large part of her recovery…
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Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band: Playing Old-Fashioned Blues
BY SAMUEL SVEEN “The heart of my music starts old. My heroes are the real fingerstyle country blues pickers: Charley Patton, Furry Lewis, [Mississippi]…
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A Rodent with a Bad Rap Makes a Good House Pet (Photo Gallery and Video)
BY KELLY KENDALL Allie Pence’s pets come running when she calls, their whiskers quivering and brown eyes blinking. She strokes their fur and runs…
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Weekly Exercise: Standing Abdominal Exercise with a Twist
Sometimes it isn’t practical to get down on the ground to do abdominal exercises. In this video, Allison Chopra, a personal trainer and owner of Urban Fitness…
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Mike Leonard Joins Bloom as Executive Editor
Mike Leonard Executive Editor Mike Leonard is best known for his general interest column in Bloomington’s Herald-Times daily newspaper. In a career spanning nearly 35 years…
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Weekly Exercise: Standing Exercise for the Obliques
In the next three videos, Allison Chopra, a personal trainer and owner of Urban Fitness Studio, will be teaching us abdominal exercises to do while standing. This…
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Recipe of the Week: Fried Green Tomatoes
If you’ve had fried green tomato BLTs only in a restaurant, you may want to try David Davenport’s Fried Green Tomato recipe. They’re easy and…