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Students at Templeton Elementary School participated in Templeton Eats Global by trying foods from all over the world and moving from station to station with passports to mark their "travels." | Photo by Ruthie Cohen

Stirring the Pot: Food Is a Language That Teaches Diversity
Ruthie Cohen
Carissa Marks is passionate about food justice. Growing up food insecure in Pennsylvania, she now works with IU Biology Outreach to advocate for sustainable and healthful food systems. One of her projects was an international food festival at Templeton Elementary School. Stirring the Post columnist Ruthie Cohen attended — and learned that “food is language.” Click here to read the full story.
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Adventurer Michael Waterford is taking his second source-to-sea trip of the Mississippi River more seriously. Waterford is seen here at the Columbia River in Oregon, training for the second attempt. | Courtesy photo

From Source to Sea on the Mississippi — in a Canoe
Michael Waterford
In 2013, adventurer Michael Waterford tried canoeing the entire length of the Mississippi River. “It didn’t go well,” he says. But he got hooked on paddling, and in June he’s attempting to solo kayak the Mississippi in record-setting time. Follow his progress on Limestone Post, and read about his earlier, ill-fated trip here.
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Some of our favorite restaurants might never have happened without world-renowned chef, author, and food activist Alice Waters, who will visit Bloomington in April to inaugurate the IU Food Project. | Photo courtesy of Pexels, surajith s

Food Icon Alice Waters to Help Launch IU Food Project
Benjamin Beane
Some of our favorite restaurants might never have happened without world-renowned chef, author, and food activist Alice Waters. Writer Benjamin Beane spoke to Waters about her visit to Bloomington on April 6-8 to officially launch the IU Food Project, which was created to address the challenges of providing sustainable food for a changing planet. Click here to read the full story.
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Genograms are like family trees illuminated with the patterns of good and bad behavior of your ancestors. | Photo courtesy of Pexels, Kaboompics

Know Thyself Part 3: Behavioral Patterns in Your Family Tree
Samantha Eibling
Genograms are like family trees illuminated with the patterns of good and bad behavior of your ancestors. In this third and final article of Know Thyself, writer Samantha Eibling explores genograms and how the behavioral patterns in your family history may inform your behavior. But, she writes, there are ways to override the behaviors that no longer serve you. Click here to read the full story.
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Fastpacking mixes "trail running for fitness and backpacking for pleasure," says adventure-travel writer Michael Waterford. | Courtesy photo

Outfitted: Fastpacking, the ‘Sexy Hybrid’ of Trail Running and Backpacking
Michael Waterford
Adventure-travel writer Michael Waterford says the best way to see more fauna and foliage on long-distance trails is by fastpacking — the “sexy hybrid” of trail running and backpacking. Calling fastpacking “the stripped-down, all-out pursuit of mileage in the forest,” he offers these tips for your first fastpacking trip. Click here to read the full story.
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Our personalities — each with its own set of positive, maladaptive, and self-defeating behaviors — are responsible for the ways we perceive, process, and react to the world around us, writes Samantha Eibling. | Photo by Kaleb Nimz, Unsplash

Know Thyself Part 2: Enneagrams and Coping with Your Personality
Samantha Eibling
Our personalities, writes Samantha Eibling, are responsible for the ways we perceive, process, and react to the world around us. In part two of this series on learning about our true selves, she explores the Enneagram, a system of understanding nine personality types — each with its own set of positive, maladaptive, and self-defeating behaviors. Click here to read the full story.
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While the Limestone Post stories of 2016 cover all of our major categories — Arts, Food & Drink, Outdoors, Family, Healthy Living, and Explore/Discover — if we had one theme this year, Editorial Director Lynae Sowinski says, “it’d be ‘sense of place.’” The beloved Chocolate Moose building was torn down this year, which is discussed in "Are Market Forces Ruining B-town’s ‘Sense of Place’?" by Sarah Gordon. | Photo by Natasha Komoda

LP’s Top Stories of the Year Reflect B-town’s ‘Sense of Place’
Lynae Sowinski
A look back at the most-read stories of 2016 proves what engaged, caring, and creative-minded people live in and around B-town, says Limestone Post’s Editorial Director Lynae Sowinski. And while these stories cover all of our major categories — Arts, Food & Drink, Outdoors, Family, Healthy Living, and Explore/Discover — if we had one theme this year, Lynae says, “it’d be ‘sense of place.’” Click here to check out the top stories of 2016!
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The start of the 2014 100km World Championships in Doha, Qatar. Note the tile surface, which composed about half of the course. The other half was pavement. Matt Flaherty will be running this year's 100km World Championships in Los Alcázares, Spain, on November 27. | Photo by Bryon Powell, iRunFar

Local Ultrarunner Competes (Again) in 100km World Championships
Matt Flaherty
On November 27, ultrarunner Matt Flaherty of Bloomington will compete on Team USA in the 100km World Championships in Los Alcázares, Spain. Hot off a record-setting win in the Tecumseh Trail Marathon outside of Bloomington in October, Flaherty describes the 100km challenge — and why the battle of ultrarunning is worth it to him. Click here to read the full story.
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The Tecumseh Trail Marathon's overall men’s winner, Matt Flaherty of Bloomington, beat the course record by six seconds. | Photo by Alison Polley

Ultrarunner Matt Flaherty Breaks Record in Tecumseh Marathon
Limestone Post
An 80-degree day did not stop Matt Flaherty from breaking the record in the Tecumseh Trail Marathon recently. Flaherty tells Limestone Post about the experience, how trail marathons differ from other kinds of long-distance running, and about his participation this month in the 100K World Championships — that’s 62 miles. Click here to read the full story.
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A Bicycle Ride in Southern Indiana — by Drone [video]
Seth Teeters
As a preview for this weekend’s 49th Hilly Hundred, the annual bicycle event that covers nearly 100 miles of southern Indiana countryside, Limestone Post presents a video by local drone company Aerial 812. Competitive bicyclist Missy Ragatz talks about the event, her struggle with breast cancer, and how it affects her ability to train. Click here to watch the video.
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Adventure-travel writer Michael Waterford recommends spending some time in a canoe or kayak on southern Indiana's rivers, including the Eel River near Clay City (pictured here). From family trips to technical paddles, day trips to weekend excursions, lazy rivers to party trips, Waterford reveals his favorite paddling trips in Indiana. | Photo by Michael Waterford

The Best Southern Indiana Waterways for Paddling Fun
Michael Waterford
Almost year-round, people canoe and kayak on southern Indiana’s rivers. From family trips to technical paddles, day trips to weekend excursions, lazy rivers to party trips, there’s an option for nearly everyone. Adventure-travel writer Michael Waterford reveals his favorite paddling trips for a variety of styles and skill levels. Click here to read the full story.
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Much of the difficulty in our lives stems from a conflict between who we truly are and the choices we make, says writer Samantha Eibling. | Photo courtesy of Pexels

Know Thyself: What If the Answer to a Better Life Is Two Simple Words?
Samantha Eibling
Much of the difficulty in our lives stems from a conflict between who we are and the choices we make, says writer Samantha Eibling. In this series on learning about our true selves, she explores scientific and spiritual traditions that can lead to deeper personal fulfillment. To begin, she offers two simple words. Click here to read the full story.
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