On the rainy evening of February 18, 23 members of The Hansom Wheels gathered in the Green Room at the South Carolina State Museum for a light meal and brief meeting before proceeding upstairs to the Blockbuster Gallery to tour The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes. The exhibition, which will continue into April, features a murder mystery guests can try […]
Helping those in need with yoga
A desire to help those who need it the most—and to help those who are helping those in need—was at the core of Ginger Doughty and Bob Farnsworth’s passion that spurred the couple to begin teacher training. The pair had a 200-hour registered yoga school training that had several military veterans and those who assist them as students, and the […]
Columbia quilters are contestants at AQS QuiltWeek—Paducah, 2020
American Quilter’s Society, the largest quilting membership organization in the world, has announced Bernadette Houghton and Barbara Persing of Columbia have been accepted as contestants with their quilt, Jacobean Flora and Fauna, at AQS QuiltWeek—Paducah, Kentucky. AQS QuiltWeek—Paducah features over 400 quilts from around the world. The high point of the show recognizes the artistry of today’s quiltmakers as hundreds […]
Columbia City of Women March 2020 Honoree: Dawn Staley, a champion in many ways
On April 2, 2017, the University of South Carolina’s women’s basketball team won its first national championship, the final step for a program which began as the “Carolina Chicks” in 1974. Led by head coach Dawn Staley and power forward A’ja Wilson, the team propelled women’s athletics to an unprecedented level of success at South Carolina. Staley was one of […]
Busted Fences and Broken Hearts
The storm came up fast. The bad ones usually do. A strong wind took out one of my trees and slammed it onto my fence. On its way down, it took out branches from nearby trees. Leaves and twigs filled the perimeter of the fall. A few pots got shattered. Some hydrangea got squished. I had a mess on my […]
Quirky Crimes in the Capital City
Forest Acres Glenbrook Circle: Police were called to a home at 10 p.m. Sunday after one of the female residents saw a possible prowler. The 20-year-old woman told responding officers she was in the bathroom getting ready to go out when she saw a “movement” of some kind out of the corner of her eye. She said when she peered […]
Local Involvement needed for global impact on climate change
ASK US AT THE STARHow can we at the community level combat climate change? With all the international attention focused on climate change, we may wonder what we can do on the local level as individuals to make a difference. The good news is there’s quite a lot we can do on the local, community, state, and national level, and thanks to grassroots efforts, […]
The Pedicure
It’s not a criticism; It’s an observationGot my first pedicure recently. I’m sure Desmond was involved in some manner, although it has more to do with my dad’s ingrown toenail than a life coach. My father was much younger than I currently am when I first noticed the piece of hardened substance that grew from his right big toe. I watched him try to cut that […]
The care and feeding of Marty and the kids
I’m just saying...“You want me to do WHAT??? Come on Julia! You can’t be serious!” This heated statement came from my husband the other day as I was “coaching” him on the care and feeding of our fur babies while I visit my friends in California. I had just told him sometimes, one of the cats, Scrappy, likes to eat her dinner […]
