March 2025

Featured Elderly Woman Gossiping At Hair Salon

What was your first job or the most unusual job you’ve had?

My first job was a summer day camp counselor. I loved it! It was the…

crowd gathered in a art studio for the Featured Unbound Book Festival Event

(Re)Discover COMO: Unbound Book Festival, Museum of Art and Archaeology, and Capen Park

Unbound Book Festival   Did someone say, “Book festival?” Even better? “FREE” book festival.   The 10th…

Computer Mouse Clickbait Conceptual Rendering

The Challenge of Non-News News: Cutting Through the Confusion

In today’s fast-paced digital world, information spreads faster than ever. But with this constant flow…

Featured Woman Writing A Novel In A Cabin

The Given Life

When I was a young girl, I dreamed of traveling the world and writing about…

Featured Covid Icu Nurses Reflecting On Pandemic Experiences

COVID Reflections

People didn’t believe that COVID was real and that so many people lost their lives…

Featured State Tech Student Working On Airplane Mechanics

Preparing for the Future

While trade and technical education programs have been around for many years, leaders at the…

Four dogs stand in a leaf-strewn yard, enjoying the pet-friendly neighborhood. A brindle and a brown dog sniff the ground, while a white dog looks upward. Near the fence, a smaller black and white dog plays. A chain-link fence and trees provide a rustic backdrop.

What the Dog Wants

It started when our neighbors found our dog, Ernie, in their house. Ernie had dug…

Featured Baked Shrimp And Grab Au Gratin

Cookin’ with Hoss: Crab and Shrimp au Gratin

Hopefully, everyone had a great time on Fat Tuesday. I’m sure some may have had…

Featured Work Boot Print In Mud

Dirty Jobs 

Columbia is home to many forms of “dirty jobs,” from septic tank pumping, landscaping, welding,…

Featured Illustration Of A Cell Phone In The Shape Of A Coffin

Eyes on the Road, Hands Off Your Phone

In the year of education before citations began under Missouri’s new distracted driving law that…

A hand serving coffee

The COMO Mojo: Lessons from the Late Shift

Since turning 16, I’ve had five, and my first one was hands-down the worst (yet,…

Featured Diner Taking Photo Of Nigiri Course At Ikigai Omakase

A Reason for Being 

When is the next one coming? What will be served? Who will be there? These…