It was September 1994, and there I was staring in the mirror looking at this image staring back at me. I couldn’t remember the last time I liked the way I looked. Overweight for most of my life, I had tried — and failed at — dozens of weight-loss crash diets. I tried many diets […]
In Columbia’s food and restaurant scene, some of the city’s longtime favorites and up-and-comers are female owned and operated. Running a business is hard; ask anyone trying to keep customers happy and employees paid. But women running businesses face additional challenges, and whether it’s not being taken seriously by their boys’ club counterparts or being
Halloween. At first glance, Halloween is a time of superstition. It’s a holiday steeped in the history of ancient pagan festivals. Halloween blurs the lines between life and death. It ushers in the dark, cold days of winter, and offers the chance to ward off ghosts and evil spirits. But Halloween is also a time
DEVELOPING A HEALTHY WORK-LIFE BALANCE IN A HECTIC WORLD It’s one of the oldest sayings in the book, and it sounds simple enough. But anyone who’s ever been employed knows that, more often than not, there just aren’t enough hours in a day to complete your to-do list. Add to that the responsibility of raising
Laurie Digges takes on a challenge of a lifetime and forges a remarkable friendship along the way. Early on the morning of July 27, Laurie Digges gazed out at the cool waters of Alta Lake near Whistler, British Columbia, and said to herself, “Let’s do it.” With that, she plunged into the thunderous wake of
By Jill Orr When Columbia Home told me this issue was going to be about Women at Work, I immediately thought: I’m not going to write about that. Why, you ask? Well, for starters, I don’t really work. With the exception of this column and the odd freelance article, I haven’t held a paying job
Kate is a 48-year-old mother of two. She’s worked for her employer for 10 years. She works long hours and gets great results. She’s loyal and well liked. She’s also underpaid — and she knows it. She’s been aware of it for years and done nothing about it. She’s afraid that by asking for
Again- adverb a- ‘gen, – ‘gin, -‘gan For another time : one more time By Nellie Symm Gruender When Gene and I met, he was 47, and I was 42. We weren’t geriatrics, but we weren’t college kids either. We both brought children to the relationship; Gene’s were grown and on their own, but my
For some, each paycheck requires risk. These are Missouri’s most dangerous jobs.
By Susan and Todd Schapira | Photos by Julie Everson It’s not often that you get the recipe for any one of the homemade dishes that comes from the kitchen at Abigail’s, a quaint restaurant in Rocheport, Missouri. Locals have been begging for the chocolate mocha cake for years now, but the recipes aren’t shared,
