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A bright orange sunset paints the midwestern sky — the view from our Airbnb. 

The COMO Mojo: Wellness Wake-Up Call

How often did we brush off what our parents told us? Wrote it off as...

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Working Together to Make Columbia the Place We Call ‘Home’

The start of a new year always brings a sense of possibility. It is a...

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The Diaper Dilemma

First Chance for Children (FC4C) hands out nearly 400 packages of diapers directly to mid-Missouri...

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Mid-Mo’s Mahjong Moment

The online version of this story was updated on January 21, 2026. As Columbia’s social...

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How Shelly La Fata is Rewriting the Rules of Restaurant Ownership

Shelly La Fata is a rare blend of entrepreneur, community-builder, and artisan. Shelly graduated from...

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Cheeseburgers, Pizza, and the Healing Power of Food

In October, my dad was hospitalized in his home of Boise, Idaho, for an acute...

COMO Magazine represents at the Missouri Women Who Write Retreat. Pictured left to right: Sunitha Bosecker (freelance writer), Kelsey Winkeljohn, and Karen Pasley (contributing copyeditor)

The COMO Mojo: ‘Celebration,’ Track 3

Some of my favorite memories are the ones that, at first glance, might seem random...

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Steamed Mussels

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, or rather it has been for some...

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Listening, Learning, and Moving Forward — Together

Each year, the city of Columbia conducts a citizen survey to understand how residents feel...

Cathédrale Sainte Bénigne - Dijon, FRANCE - 01-30-2025: Stained glass (19th century) of Christmas Nativity Scene with Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, and Jesus baby.

Celebrating Christmas

This month, we celebrate the events that happened thousands of years ago, events centered around...