Love and Light

Posted on June 05, 2025

One of the simple pleasures of living in Bridgeport, West Virginia is tasting the little drop of nectar inside the rip...

Posted on May 21, 2025

It’s graduation week for many of our high school students. The experience of graduation provides young adults wi...

Posted on May 14, 2025

Rest is best! It has taken me quite some time and a LOT of life to come to this realization. Sleep is now a priority which...

Posted on May 07, 2025

I remember like it was yesterday running my first ever race. It was about ten years ago, and it was the Clarksburg 10k...

Posted on April 16, 2025

A couple years ago, my Martha Stewart friend, Katie, invited me to visit her beautiful field of zinnias. Katie’s...

Posted on April 09, 2025

Habits are important for our health and happiness. What we implement into our regular routine determines what we will cult...

Posted on April 02, 2025

Life is NOT easy. In fact, it’s part of the human experience for life to suck from time to time. Often times, we...

Posted on March 26, 2025

Our words mean so very much! They have the power to change someone’s entire day for the better. They also have t...

Posted on March 19, 2025

Did you know that Wednesday, March 19 is “National Let’s Laugh Day?” They say that laughter is the B...

Posted on March 12, 2025

Why are we all Negative Nellies? What happened to make us all negative beings in our culture and world today? ...

From the Bench: In Case You Missed it, R...

It may have gone under the radar. Considering that it took place prior to the heavily hyped football contest between B...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: Simpson Elementary School 1...

Anyone know what this is? This photo is from 12 years ago, in 2014, and shows part of the original heating element in...

Posted by Dick Duez
The Cyber Beacon: Is Smart Home Your Wea...

Our homes are becoming more connected every year. Smart televisions, cameras, doorbells, thermostats, appliances, streamin...

Posted by Joe Earley
Off the Shelf – Upcoming Halloween Event...

Summer is coming to an end, and October is right around the corner. The library is getting into the Halloween spirit w...

Posted by Angela Spatafore
The Grapevine: Reminiscing and Visiting ...

During this year’s West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival, we had the opportunity to enjoy our 1957 Ford conver...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
ToquiNotes: Revisiting the Past 40 Years...

Not because I did not want to be there because I did. But outside of family events or things that can be changed or added...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto