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: A Piece of Bridgeport Hi...

For anyone really following along, you may have noticed the headline on this blog is the same as the blog covering the...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: Christmas Meal with the May...

Former City Clerk Judy Lawson, left is talking to the late Bridgeport Mayor Bud Hess in this photo from 1987. A...

Posted by Dick Duez
It's Happening: Reynoldsville Baptist Ch...

My family is among those who have fond memories of holiday hayrides with Reynoldsville Baptist Church to Christmas carol t...

Posted by Julie Perine
ToquiNotes: Revisiting My Holiday Turkey...

You might find it hard to believe by looking at me, but at one time I was a very picky eater. Of course, after obliter...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
The Grapevine: Unique Plate Collection P...

Due to the generosity of Scott and Mary Childers the Progressive Women’s Association will be offering a collecti...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
Off the Shelf: Check Out Our Cookbooks

It’s the holiday season, and food has been on my mind. My family is not big on gifts, but we are definitely big...

Posted by Angela Spatafore