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 Milestone on National ...

Just when you think Robert Shields has done it all as the baseball coach of the Bridgeport Indians, there is something...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: BHS Conference Hoops Champs...

As the writing on the photo shows, this is the 1943 Little Ten Conference Basketball Champions from 1943. The young m...

Posted by Dick Duez
It's Happening: Sweet Story of Cornersto...

When the word “chocolatier” comes to mind, I think of Jacques Torres - or Willie Wonka. That was until earlier t...

Posted by Julie Perine
ToquiNotes: Trying to Measure the Impact...

It was Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day for those who find that date familiar. My wife Valerie and I were at the same sp...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Off the Shelf: March Events and Spring B...

March is here, and so is the library’s highly anticipated Spring Event Brochure! Next time you&rs...

Posted by Angela Spatafore
The Grapevine: Roz's Book Club Reviews B...

This past week I had the pleasure of serving as the emcee for the Women of Distinction luncheon. Nine African American...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen