By Jillian Owens   I love finding new ways to be self-reliant and resourceful.  I came to the decision to start making and remaking my own clothes when I walked by…

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By Tom Poland   What’s Not In Columbia Anymore—Useful, Insightful, Delightful When the Internet exploded it opened a door to all sorts of local websites that prove useful and insightful.…

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By Temple Ligon   This week I gave a short speech to a subcommittee of the state’s board of education. They were interested in the John de la Howe School in…

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By Leigh Thomas     The Thomas Traveling Circus has been at it again, this time Disney-style. Last week we drove down to Orlando for four amazing days at the Happiest…

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By Micah Owen ACE Certified Personal Trainer Are you confused about what protein powder is the right one for you? Ever wonder what makes one protein powder different from the…

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By Maria Fabrizio   “Safely on the surface of Comet 67P” See the related story here. . . Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is a…

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Heart of Hearts. By Cathy Monetti   The Daily Grace The Daily Grace is the online journal of Cathy Rigg Monetti, writer and founder of Riggs Partners in Columbia, South Carolina. It chronicles…

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By Jillian Owens   I’ve always had a strange dislike for Norman Rockwell’s work.  I think it all goes back to when I was a kid and a print of this…

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By Mike Dojc   With its 20th Anniversary right around the bend Cobblestone Park has never looked better. Golf course rankings are pretty much beauty pageants, except instead of a…

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By Mike Dojc   Rocking Out at the Formidable Fort Mill Track   “The sounds of the South,” shrugs my buddy Joe McLean as we exit our cart and walk…

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By Jan Pinnington  Healthy Hands Cooking     Store-bought instant pudding has ingredients that are harmful to your health like: Modified Food Starch, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Disodium Phosphate, Natural…

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By Maria Fabrizio       Riding Wave of Discontent, G.O.P. Takes Senate See the related story here. . . Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News…

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By Jillian Owens     No.  Not again.  I can’t handle this.  I’m not ready.  I know I’ve had time to prepare physically and mentally, but no.  Please no. I’m not…

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By Temple Ligon [row] [col col=8] In the summer of 2011, I decided on a trip around the world, Jules Verne style. I was reading Verne’s Around the World in 80…

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  By Amy Coward   Well the big day is finally here. Tomorrow I will attempt to run my second full marathon and I’m as nervous as the first time.…

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By Tom Poland   [row] [col col=8] An American Original Talk about a blessing. A memory of an old friend pops into your head deep from high school years gone…

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By Jillian Owens     No.  Not again.  I can’t handle this.  I’m not ready.  I know I’ve had time to prepare physically and mentally, but no.  Please no. I’m not…

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By Maria Fabrizio       Riding Wave of Discontent, G.O.P. Takes Senate See the related story here. . . Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News…

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By Temple Ligon [row] [col col=8] In the summer of 2011, I decided on a trip around the world, Jules Verne style. I was reading Verne’s Around the World in 80…

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By Maria Fabrizio   See the related story here. . . Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is a weekday creative ritual starting at 4:45am. Maria…

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By Leigh Thomas   I just had a birthday. But contrary to what seems to be SOP these days, I don’t dread my birthday or wince at the fact that…

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By Jan Pinnington  Healthy Hands Cooking   These sweet and salty snacking seeds are packed with essential minerals and antioxidant support. Shhhh….don’t tell the kids they’re good for them!  …

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By Brian Maynor     For some people wearing something that is comfortable, whether it’s for lounging on the sofa or attending a black tie event, is the only thing…

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JoAnn Turnquist   30 years ago, several Midlands business leaders came together to form Central Carolina Community Foundation, a ‘community chest’ that would be the central resource for charitable giving…

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By Tom Poland     Spiky-Haired Rod Thought So The young daydream of exotic careers, something far from the ordinary. A calling, perchance, that will elevate them above the masses.…

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By Temple Ligon   Last June four of Dreher High School’s finest flew to Omaha and from there they took the bus to Lincoln and the University of Nebraska, home…

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By Leigh Thomas     The other night I told this story about getting my son from school early in the name of six minutes. Six. Minutes. He had an…

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By Maria Fabrizio     See the related story here. . . Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is a weekday creative ritual starting at 4:45am.…

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  By Mike, Debra, and Blake DuBose   [row] [col col=8] Often, when people envision Hawaii, they think of flower leis, “Hawaii Five-0,” the word “aloha,” and the ukulele (an…

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By Tom Poland   See Them For Free My good friend and co-author, Robert Clark, and I have long been planning to give readers a look and a read about…

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By Brian Maynor For a lot of people the idea of a uniform is limiting, dated and anything but inspiring, but there is a new way to look at the…

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By Jan Pinnington  Healthy Hands Cooking     Serve this veggie packed stir-fry on a large serving platter so that your kids can “dig in.   1 package authentic rice…

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By Amy Coward   We are in the middle of house renovations. How exciting, you say. But if you haven’t lived through one, you may want to hold that opinion…

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  By Jillian Owens     I love to travel.  As most of you know by now, I love living in Columbia, but I also love getting away.  It doesn’t take…

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By Joel Gillespie    OK, since I have been accused, I will go ahead and confess. Yes, I hug trees. Though people are often referred to as tree huggers this moniker…

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By Jan Pinnington  Healthy Hands Cooking   Your kids will have NO CLUE that there are 5 different kinds of veggies swirled into this one delicious creamy soup!   Ingredients:…

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By Leigh Thomas     Our family nickname is the Thomas Traveling Circus, so I suppose it’s only fitting that we travel beyond a 20-mile radius of our home from time…

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By Maria Fabrizio     Airline: CDC Warned ‘Possibility’ Ebola Nurse Had Symptoms on Plane See the related story here. . . Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio.…

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By Brian Maynor   Can you believe October is half over and, dare I say it, the holidays are around the corner?  If you’re like me and not ready to…

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By Tom Poland     Remember these lines from an old Chuck Berry song? “Cruisin’ and playin’ the radio/With no particular place to go.” Well, the next time you have…

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By Reba Hull Campbell   [row] [col col=8] The word “home” can have so many different meanings at various times in your life. A childhood home evokes different feelings than…

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By Maria Fabrizio     Breaking The Chains That Bind The Mentally Ill See the related story here. . . Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News…

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