By Maria Fabrizio   Soccer Break: Why It Pays to Watch the World Cup at Work See the related story here.         Wordless News is a project by illustrator…

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By Reba Hull Campbell   If anyone doubts the power of social media to make connections, read on… Many years ago, I had the chance to tour the White House…

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Orlando! Romance! Fine-Dining! Denny’s?   By Ron Aiken   Orlando offers a stunning array of fine-dining options for the tourist with some dollars to drop. During our weeklong stay here…

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By Jillian Owens   If you’ve read my bio, you know I have a little blog called ReFashionista.  On my little blog, I take old, ugly, used, and abused $1…

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 By Kaitlin Ohlinger   Have you ever wrestled with the idea of a screw cap versus a traditional cork?   Perhaps not. Is it the most pressing or fascinating subject…

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By Amy Coward   As America celebrates the Fourth of July with hot dogs, picnics and fireworks, the military gets its well-deserved salute for making our freedom possible. But I…

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By Jan Pinnington Healthy Hands Cooking   1 box whole-wheat angel hair pasta (13.25 oz.) 1 1/2 cups fresh broccoli, cut into small pieces 2 tsp. butter 2 tbsp. olive…

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   By John Temple Ligon   Heading east, leaving California for Phoenix around midnight, May 23, 2012, I was sleeping in my little compartment to the sound of the train’s wheels…

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By Tom Poland   Family Photos On The Refrigerator The inventors of the components that make a refrigerator didn’t mean to build a museum and art gallery, but they did.…

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By Maria Fabrizio   Book Your Trip: Because Reading Is About The Journey See the related story here.         Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio.…

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By Cathy Monetti   For Love of Hydrangea   I might as well say it: I am a failed hydrangea gardener. I have dug and watered and fertilized and believed and…

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By Ron Aiken   Summertime! Watermelons! No Name Deli! Indeed we are in the full throat of summer, which means watermelons! You’re passing them in the grocery store, giving them…

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By Jan Pinnington Healthy Hands Cooking . Who doesn’t love French Fries?  Why not ditch the frozen bag version that can be full of unnatural ingredients and opt for field…

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By: Joel Gillespie   When I was growing up I lived about two miles from Forest Lake Shopping Center, one of the very first shopping centers in Columbia.  The Magic…

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By Jillian Owens   There’s a certain article that keeps clogging up my Facebook feed titled:  An Open Letter to the Girl who Let the Nice Guy Go by Frishta Yaquibe. …

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By Amy Coward   I grew up in a small central Florida town about the size of a peanut. That translates to a population of about 4000. And while there…

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By Mike DuBose with Blake and Debra DuBose No matter your age, race, nationality, or status, it’s almost certain that you—like most other people in the world—desire to be happy.…

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 By John Temple Ligon   Arriving on the Amtrak Coast Starlight a little before 10 on Monday night, May 21, 2012, I walked off Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. Probably…

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 By Kaitlin Ohlinger   Well, maybe you have heard of them. If that’s so, then congrats! You win! But today I wanted to talk about one of my all-time most…

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By Ron Aiken On occasion, Chomp! gives his family grief about their dining proclivities, specifically when it comes to those things people buy in the frozen food aisle of which…

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By Tom Poland     “The lost and wondrous wreckage of America. The ceaseless road to nowhere. Yeah, that’s my home.”     That’s how John Mulhouse sets the stage…

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By Jan Pinnington Healthy Hands Cooking Packaged mixes can be full of artificial and harmful ingredients. This “Gooey Brownie In A Cup” uses whole, natural ingredients, and is super chocolatey!…

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By Melanie Lux   Our grandmothers are treasure troves of wisdom. Mine taught me how to cook, sing, and work jigsaw puzzles.  As wise as our family matriarchs are, there are…

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By Theresa Roemer, CEO of Theresa Roemer, LLC and 1999 U.S. Open Title holder for Body Building   We need to be leaders, visionaries, innovators, creative geniuses, entrepreneurs, employee-preneurs, and get it…

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By Tom Poland   If you missed the South Carolina Book Festival earlier in May, you missed a good time. The festival yields insight into authors, their books, and why…

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By Tom Poland   Last week photographer Robert Clark and I tried on two successive days to make our way into a place in eastern Georgia known as Anthony Shoals.…

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By Maria Fabrizio     Here’s How to Get Free Donuts Today See the related story here.         Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless…

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By Temple Ligon   Cunard’s Queen Victoria docked at Vancouver, Canada, early Saturday morning on May 19, 2012, ending my 19-day sail from Tianjin, China. Life on a luxury cruise ship by…

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By Amy Coward     Ahh…going to the gym. Many of us go on a regular basis, but do any of us really want to? Well the answer is yes…

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By Jillian Owens   Summers here in Columbia, SC wouldn’t be the same without the three rivers we have running through it. Whether you enjoy just taking a stroll through Riverfront…

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By Ron Aiken     The Best Cheese Pizza Ever! Frozen pizza will be the death of Chomp! Not because HE eats the foul villains, but because HIS FAMILY insists…

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By Maria Fabrizio Maya Angelou: A Hymn to Human Endurance See the related story here.         Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is…

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By Temple Ligon   In Beijing for just two nights, I wanted to be sure I was all set to leave Beijing after the second night in plenty of time…

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  By Tom Poland   I’ll take adventure in the wilderness over television shows any day. One great disappointment today is how little there is to watch on TV despite…

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 By Kaitlin Ohlinger   Pinot Noir. Pinot Blanc. Pinot Gris. Pinot Grigio. What’s the story on all these Pinots? Why does Pinot seem to be such a popular first name…

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  By Cathy Monetti Long before I knew the bluebirds had fledged, I declared May 17th a day for the books, a sort of anno Domini event that would forever divide…

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By Ron Aiken   Steak! Grilling! Eggplant! Steak! Sometimes, Chomp! loses the dinner war and the family eats things (frozen pizza, spaghetti, frozen pizza) he doesn’t care much for. Which…

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By Jan Pinnington Healthy Hands Cooking 1 cup whole-wheat flour 2 Tsp. baking powder 1/2 Tsp. ground cinnamon 1/4 Tsp. salt 1 egg, lightly beaten 1 cup nonfat milk or…

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By: Joel Gillespie Well I was born in the sand hills And I live…in the sand hills Prob’ly die in the sand hills… I grew up on Bridgewood Road, a…

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