By Radley West Every January gets all the attention, but in my experience, March is the real fresh start. The days get longer. The weather softens. People stop hiding under hoodies and start thinking about boats, beaches, and whether last summer’s shorts still feel friendly. At Anytime Fitness, we seeContinue Reading
By Sarah Ostergaard What is your idea of a strong education? Please answer that question for yourself before continuing to read this article. I welcome your thoughts; feel free to reach out. Almost 3 years ago, I wrote that the “American purpose of an education is to prepare young peopleContinue Reading
By Jennifer Tardy, CHN, IPHM March is National Nutrition Month, and if there’s one thing I hear from people over and over again, it’s this: “I don’t even know what I’m supposed to eat anymore.” One expert recommends eating low-carb. Another suggests high-carb. Some swear by keto, while others thriveContinue Reading
Photo: Blue flag irises carpet Red Bluff Bain in blue come spring. By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net The rains of late and spring’s approach set my mind on the Carolina bays, those coastal plain wetlands of mystery and life. The elliptical depressions are filling with water and the greatContinue Reading
By Jennifer Tardy Recently, a client told me she couldn’t understand why she was gaining weight. “I’m barely eating,” she said. Her typical day looked like this:Breakfast: coffeeLunch: something lightSnack: a protein barDinner: pretty clean On paper, it looked disciplined.On the scale, she was up eight pounds. So we lookedContinue Reading
By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net A lulu of a lady sold my parents a set of the World Book Encyclopedia. Miss Lulu Goolsby to be exact. It changed my life living in rural Georgia as I did. I read that set from A to Z at least three times.Continue Reading
By Jennifer Tardy February has brought a fresh round of patterns and observations from client sessions and lab reviews. Here’s what’s been surfacing most often this month. Why Magnesium Levels Are Often Low Yes, soil depletion plays a role in declining magnesium intake — but that’s rarely the primary issueContinue Reading
From little acorns mighty oaks grow. By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net Though my hair was chestnut brown, I was green, a young writer hoping to create something memorable. I needed inspiration and I found it in a novel, Shining Tides. Winfield Brooks wrote it. The inside flap said theContinue Reading
The cursed door no longer seals the mausoleum By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net A road down Edisto Island way will take you past green swamps and oaks dripping with Spanish moss and shanties with bright, sky-blue doors. Churches white as egg whites line the road. Hauntings live there. AsContinue Reading
By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net Cell phones are a big deal but to some of us the transistor was an even bigger deal. I was disobeying my parents staying up late (school night) in my bedroom listening to clear channel WLS in Chicago over a transistor radio. I wasContinue Reading
By Jennifer Tardy Recipe of the Week: One-Pot White Bean Stew When the weather turns chilly and time is short, this one-pot white bean stew is a reliable go-to. It’s comforting, nourishing, and easy to prepare—perfect for a simple weeknight dinner and just as satisfying reheated for lunch the nextContinue Reading
By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net He was charismatic and a lightning rod for trouble. He was a roadie for the Allman Brothers Band. What little I know of his life tells me one thing: his is a movie in the waiting. Twiggs Lyndon. Too bad he’s dead. In 1974Continue Reading
By Jennifer Tardy You’re motivated to improve your health this year—but you’re also tired. You want better energy, fewer symptoms, and more consistency without juggling a dozen new habits at once. When people feel off, they often chase complexity—jumping from supplements to protocols to diet trends—without first anchoring the body’sContinue Reading
By Radley West “The things that get you started won’t always be the things that keep you going — and that’s exactly how it should be.” When I first started working out, I’ll be honest, my why was simple: I wanted to look better. That was it. I wanted aContinue Reading
New Facility-Use Agreement for Irmo Little League and Richland County Recreation Commission Baseball School District Five is pleased to announce a new Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Richland County Recreation Commission, marking the beginning of a long-term partnership for the use of the H.E. Corley Elementary baseball field,Continue Reading
By Radley West “If I can inspire just one person to take a step toward better health, then every challenge has been worth it.” Earlier today, someone asked me why I do the things I do. More specifically, why is it important for me to compete, especially after all theContinue Reading