“Where words leave off, music begins.” —Heinrich Heine Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series called “Together While Alone” that will explore creative solutions Columbia residents and businesses are employing to connect to each other while still staying safe and healthy. As the net tightens in South Carolina as a result of the rapid increase in Covid-19 cases, […]
Local poet publishes Measured Words
Betsy Thorne is a sixth generation Columbian. An accomplished poet and artist, she has published her poetry in local sources over the years such as The State, Blue Fish Digest, Fall Lines, Jasper, University of S. C. English Department Community Project, and Medical University of S. C. Press Chapbook. In 2019, Thorne published her first collection of poems in the […]
Local churches using technology to continue ministry
Holy week is one of the most important weeks on the church calendar. However, as many church goers prepare for Easter, they will do so in a different fashion than ever before. As has been the case with most of normal daily life, many churches have decided against holding any activities in person and have instead moved many of their […]
Stuck at home? Try these historic games with your family
Not only are historic games fun, but they can help teach us about history, too. Since children in the past didn’t have access to electricity, TV, tablets, or video games, games from the past illustrate some of the creativity children possessed when making and playing them. Many of you might be learning about the various classes of people living in […]
Quirky Crimes in the Capital City
West Columbia Augusta Road: Police were called to a grocery store at 3 p.m. Wednesday after an employee spotted a woman sticking two bottles of wine in her baby’s carrier. The woman had the baby in the seat of the cart and a security guard saw her take two bottles of wine off of the shelf and hide it in […]
Although food not a source of corona virus, you need to practice safety tips in handling
ASK US AT THE STARWhat are food safety tips for the pandemic? Not only are we worried about having enough food on hand, we are also anxious about not exposing ourselves to the virus in the process. The good news is that food per se is not thought to be a source for transmitting the corona virus, but you do need to be careful […]
The New Normal
It’s not a criticism; It’s an observationWith all of us trying to isolate ourselves from a deadly disease by stopping our regular lives’ patterns, we have more leisure time. When I initially retired, I struggled with not having a job confiscating most of my free time. One has to improve time management. These days are similar. Personality enters into this equation significantly. Type B people can […]
Social Kings
I’m just saying...I’m getting worried about my husband, Marty. With all this quarantine down time, he’s changing. This is a man who never really cared for social media and “binge watching” things on Netflix was NEVER on his agenda. He’s always been a man with simple needs. I don’t mean simple as in dim…he’s extremely intelligent and he is exactly what he […]
Pinning my parental mistakes
50–SomethingMy son has challenged me to a wrestling match. He says he’ll beat me with his right arm tied behind his back. I’m not sure how fair it would be even if he did tie one hand behind his back. He’s about a head taller than me and has the muscles of a 17-year-old teenage boy. Even when I was […]