How to Eat Mindfully Through Halloween
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Wall Dogs & Ghost Signs
October 29, 2015By Tom Poland They Beautifully Preserved The Past Like dogs with a penchant for roaming, they chained themselves to a wall. Tethered to brick walls above the ground with…
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Corduroy – fall’s next big throwback
October 29, 2015By Brian Maynor Since the 70’s are such a popular period of inspiration for fashion designer, it comes as no surprise that one of the hottest fall trends is…
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Wild Places Renew Us
October 16, 2015By Tom Poland It’s getting harder to escape civilization’s flotsam and trappings. Just about everywhere I go, telltale signs of civilization exist. If I don’t see powerlines, I see…
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Is self-doubt causing you to act out?
October 16, 2015By Brian Maynor We all have periods of self-doubt and they are often related to events we find intimidating or scary, like public speaking or going on a date,…
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Fall’s tricky trends
October 8, 2015By Brian Maynor Most people love the changing seasons because it’s a chance to try new things, and this fall will be no exception. Some of the most common…
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Wordless News
October 2, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Historic Rains Likely for Carolinas, Virginia; Hurricane Joaquin Gains Power Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio.…
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Shrimp and Three Cheese Tortellini
October 2, 2015By Jan Pinnington Healthy Hands Cooking Here’s a quick and healthy meal in a skillet that will please even the pickiest eaters. Ingredients 2 lbs. shrimp, cleaned and deveined…
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Saving Lighthouses & Fire Towers
October 2, 2015By Tom Poland Windmills? They Lack Star Power Growing up landlocked in eastern Georgia, the coast seemed as far away as the Keys. I might as…
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How to Reduce Cholesterol through Lifestyle Changes
October 2, 2015By Mike DuBose with Blake DuBose and Surb Guram, MD Part II of the Lowering Cholesterol without Statin Drugs Series The human body is a miraculous thing. All of…
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Blurred lines – a new take on fall essentials
October 2, 2015By Brian Maynor With cooler weather and a lot of rain over the past week it’s easy to slip out of our summer mindset and focus on fall. One…
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Chomp!
September 25, 2015By Ron Aiken Mid-Week Dinner Surprise! The surprise to begin with is you’re getting a mid-week dinner cooked for you in the first place, you greedy soul, you. I mean,…
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Savory Pumpkin Delight
September 25, 2015By Kay MacInnis Fall is here, which means pumpkin time! Pumpkin adds such great flavor to foods and is so easy to cook with. More importantly, pumpkin is a…
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I’ve Caught the Swamp Rabbit Bug
September 25, 2015By Reba Hull Campbell [row] [col col=8] My job involves working with SC cities and towns as part of an organization sharing information to help their leaders make their hometowns the…
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Now it’s time to rethink your weekend denim
September 25, 2015By Brian Maynor Last week we looked at the original work fabric, denim, and while it’s appearance has changed over the years the fact that it is still around…
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Carolina Trivia
September 25, 2015By Tom Poland Do You Know That … Back home a beer was hard to come by. It was my fate to grow up in a dry county on…
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Wordless News
September 18, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Obama Invites Texas Teen To White House After ‘Bomb Hoax’ Incident Wordless News is a project by illustrator +…
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The Eyes Prevail
September 18, 2015By Tom Poland The sky, weather, and beautiful settings … May your eyes carry the day. All narratives and images from Photo of the Week. Look Skyward Angel…
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Understanding Cholesterol
September 18, 2015By Mike DuBose with Blake DuBose and Surb Guram, MD How to Lower Cholesterol without Statin Drugs Series: Part 1 of 4 Cardiovascular disease is responsible for 1…
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Rethink your workwear denim
September 17, 2015By Brian Maynor Denim has undergone some major transformations over the years, but its has maintained it’s relevance since debuting back in the 1800s. Not many fashion pieces…
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Greek Salad! Greek Festival! Grexit?
September 17, 2015By Ron Aiken Back in May, Chomp! got hitched. Following the wedding we honeymooned in Greece, a destination we pinched pennies for months on end to afford, visiting the…
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Wordless News
September 11, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Rainbow appears from World Trade Center on eve of 9/11 Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless…
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Wordless News
September 11, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Rainbow appears from World Trade Center on eve of 9/11 Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless…
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Chomp! Bacon! Bombs! Bots?
September 10, 2015By Ron Aiken “What can you wrap bacon around, guys?” This was a real question I recently overheard someone say. Well, I thought she was a real person until…
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Why Should Kids Have All The Fun? – Back-To-School Essentials Everyone Will Love
September 10, 2015By Brian Maynor School is well underway, but if you missed out on your own back-to-school shopping never fear, there is still time to score some of the…
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Wordless News
September 3, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Are Women Better Tasters Than Men? Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is a weekday…
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Exactly how do you break fashion rules?
September 3, 2015By Brian Maynor Last week we looked at the major trend of discarding the old fashion rules perpetuated for years in favor of just being you, so this week…
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Exactly how do you break fashion rules?
September 3, 2015By Brian Maynor Last week we looked at the major trend of discarding the old fashion rules perpetuated for years in favor of just being you, so this week…
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The trend to end trends
August 28, 2015By Brian Maynor One of the hottest trends sweeping the fashion world is the mantra of ‘breaking the fashion rules’ in order to find your own sense of self-worth,…
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The trend to end trends
August 28, 2015By Brian Maynor One of the hottest trends sweeping the fashion world is the mantra of ‘breaking the fashion rules’ in order to find your own sense of self-worth,…
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Wordless News
August 28, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: National Zoo Welcomes 2 Panda Cubs Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is a weekday…
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Wordless News
August 28, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: National Zoo Welcomes 2 Panda Cubs Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is a weekday…
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Freak Show
August 21, 2015By Tom Poland The Carnival Sideshow Goes Mainstream It wouldn’t surprise me if he’s dead now. Suicide most likely. I just saw him once but that was enough. It…
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Freak Show
August 21, 2015By Tom Poland The Carnival Sideshow Goes Mainstream It wouldn’t surprise me if he’s dead now. Suicide most likely. I just saw him once but that was enough. It…
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Wordless News
August 21, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Now, There’s a Pop-Tart Beer Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is a weekday creative…
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Wordless News
August 21, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Now, There’s a Pop-Tart Beer Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is a weekday creative…
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Chocolate Zucchini Cake
August 21, 2015By Jan Pinnington This Chocolate Zucchini Cake is moist and flavorful. Nonstick spray 1 cup white flour + 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp.…
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Chocolate Zucchini Cake
August 21, 2015By Jan Pinnington This Chocolate Zucchini Cake is moist and flavorful. Nonstick spray 1 cup white flour + 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp.…
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Thai Chicken Salad
August 21, 2015By Kay MacInnis This is another recipe from that same chicken we used last week. The idea, if you’ll recall, was to take one chicken and create several meals…
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Thai Chicken Salad
August 21, 2015By Kay MacInnis This is another recipe from that same chicken we used last week. The idea, if you’ll recall, was to take one chicken and create several meals…
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Craving something new? – Now there are 210 new Pantone shades to try
August 20, 2015By Brian Maynor We all know the color wheel can produce endless shades and color variations, but the experts at Pantone have selected a group of 210 shades to…
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Wordless News
August 13, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: I’m An Obstetrician And I Failed At Breast-Feeding Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is…
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Shelling Peas
August 13, 2015By Amy Coward She laid the neatly folded newspaper clipping on my desk and said, “Look what I got in the mail today!” My co-worker was standing there smiling,…
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Chicken Salad with Pecans and Dried Craisins
August 13, 2015By Kay MacInnis Here’s one of our recipes from this month’s Providence Cooks! class on Healthy Lunches. At our Aug. 4 class, we took one chicken and made…
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Weekends should be spent with your real friends – not your office ones
August 13, 2015By Brian Maynor Office friendships are inevitable, after all you spend more time with your coworkers than you do anyone else in your life, but you shouldn’t treat…
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Wordless News
August 6, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Jon Stewart, Sarcastic Critic of Politics and Media, Is Signing Off Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…
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Wordless News
August 6, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Jon Stewart, Sarcastic Critic of Politics and Media, Is Signing Off Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…
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Hold Up On The Suede, Sweaters & Scarves – Summer’s Not Over Yet
August 6, 2015By Brian Maynor Every August focus and attention turns to back-to-school and fall previews, but here in the South we have plenty of summer days left to endure. With…
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Hold Up On The Suede, Sweaters & Scarves – Summer’s Not Over Yet
August 6, 2015By Brian Maynor Every August focus and attention turns to back-to-school and fall previews, but here in the South we have plenty of summer days left to endure. With…
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Black From Tula & The Mortgage Lifter
July 30, 2015By Tom Poland Derrick Gunter & Radiator Charlie Knew A Good Thing When They Saw It Robert Clark and I were on the road running down a story,…
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