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 the neighborhoods of Spencer, Indiana, stretching all the way...
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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 age of 24, she is already well on her way to realizing that dream....
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Bloomington’s Flower Lady
Harvest Moon Flower Farm. Photo by James Kellar 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...
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Diane Buzzell: Choreographer
Diane Buzzell in the Cardinal Stage offices. Photo by James Kellar BY NANCY R. HILLER Bloomington is full of artists who support themselves with jobs in unrelated fields: Everyone knows musicians who...
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Dry Stone Masonry: An Age-Old Craft Still Practiced
Bart Hammond. Photo by Jim Krause 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 attention. A U.S. Marine Corps...
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IU Furniture Designer in the National Spotlight
Vincent Edwards won a commission to build this 20-foot-long bench for the new IU Health Neuroscience Center in Indianapolis. Courtesy photo BY NANCY R. HILLER Furniture designer Vincent Edwards lives...
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Feature Story: Homes That Reflect Our History (Photo Gallery)
Appearing to float amid a forested hillside northwest of Bloomington, Larry Phelps’ house embodies numerous elements of the modernist design school known as International Style. Photo by Kendall Reeves...
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