“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you figure out why.” Mark Twain
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Big Blend’s Quality of Life Magazine f
EAT, DRINK & BE MERRY MAGAZINE – SUMMER/FALL 2021 ISSUE
“Wine is bottled poetry.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Big Blend “Eat, Drink & Be Merry” Magaz
VACATION STATION TRAVEL & LEISURE MAGAZINE – FALL/WINTER 2021
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” Jimmy Dean
Welcome
VACATION STATION TRAVEL & LEISURE MAGAZINE – SPRING/SUMMER 2022
“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” Seneca
With travel on the rise, we are more than excited to releas
EAT, DRINK & BE MERRY MAGAZINE – SUMMER/FALL 2022 ISSUE
“I am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.” Erma Bombeck
There’s nothing like authentic regional dishes made from locally so
EAT, DRINK & BE MERRY MAGAZINE – FALL / WINTER 2022
“I cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food.” W.C. Fields
It’s that exciting time of year for cooking and getting to
SUCCESS EXPRESS BUSINESS & CAREER MAGAZINE – FALL/WINTER 2022
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doin
QUALITY OF LIFE MAGAZINE – FALL/WINTER 2022
“There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.” Bram Stoker, Dracula
From natural disaste
WAY BACK WHEN MAGAZINE – FALL/WINTER 2022-23
“If you want to understand today you have to search yesterday.” Pearl S. Buck
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Big Blend’s WAY BACK WHEN Magazin
“You’ve got to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the fruit is.” Will Rogers
From team building and better leadership practices to personal attitude and goal setting, and
BIG BLEND MAGAZINES
Owned and operated by mother-daughter duo Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith since 1997, Big Blend Magazine has transformed from being a variety print publication that covered Southe
BIG WEEKLY BLEND MAGAZINE – VOL. 1, ISSUE 7, JULY 2023
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” J. R. R. Tolkien
This issue celebrates the