Bloom Archives
Nancy R. Hiller
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Feature Story: Homes That Reflect Our History (Photo Gallery)
BY NANCY R. HILLER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY KENDALL REEVES Bloomington’s built environment says a lot about the history of this place and the people who…
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IU Furniture Designer in the National Spotlight
BY NANCY R. HILLER Furniture designer Vincent Edwards lives in a world where the usual constraints of form and function don’t run the show.…
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Dry Stone Masonry: An Age-Old Craft Still Practiced
BY NANCY R. HILLER Bart Hammond was 20,000 feet in the air when the decidedly down-to-earth art of dry stone masonry first caught his…
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Diane Buzzell: Choreographer
BY NANCY R. HILLER Bloomington is full of artists who support themselves with jobs in unrelated fields: Everyone knows musicians who cut hair or…
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Bloomington’s Flower Lady
BY NANCY R. HILLER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMES KELLAR It’s the classic back-to-the-land fantasy. Purchase some acreage. Build your own home. Support yourself with work…
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Young Bloomington Woman Provides Home for Homeless Boys in Kenya
BY NANCY R. HILLER “Ever since high school I dreamed of living in Africa and working at an orphanage,” says Nikki Reising. At the…
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Margaret Weymouth Jackson: The Sage of Spencer, Indiana
BY NANCY R. HILLER From the front porch of her house perched partway up Rocky Hill, Margaret Weymouth Jackson had a bird’s-eye view across…