As 2020 continues on...and on...and on... everyone could use a little bit of comfort food. And that is where “Big Love Cooking” by Joey Campanaro comes in. The Italian-American chef and owner of Greenwich Village restaurant Little Owl released his cookbook to celebrate cooking like his mom ...
This week I represented Shale Crescent USA as a guest on Perri Small’s Morning Show on WVON in Chicago. They are heard throughout Chicagoland and nationally on iHeart radio. Based on what I knew about the station from the internet and listening before I was on the air, we probably had ...
In April of this year, Downtown PKB was working behind the scenes to locate resources to help our small business owners who were dealing with the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. We were busy on social media sharing resources and encouraging the community to support our local ...
“Don’t try to understand it — feel it.” *** Dear 7-year-old self, Sorry, buddy, but the dream to become a Ninja Turtle was just never meant to be. If wasn’t for lack of trying, though. I know you have your heart set on things extraordinary and exceptional, world-changing even ... ...
A desperate young woman pretends to be a nanny so she can have a place to live after her boyfriend and best friend hook up and kick her out of their lives in “The Nesting” by C.J. Cooke. Dealing with mental illness, Lexi just came off a suicide attempt when her boyfriend dropped the ...
The Wild West became the Wild, Wild West with those famous words “Thar’s gold in them thar hills!” When they picked every river and stream dry, they started digging. Enter J.J. Briggs. He was a cowboy’s cowboy. He was not about to be a miner. He was too smart, or perhaps slick would ...
CHARLESTON — Until recently, there hasn’t been any polling released in the race for Republican Gov. Jim Justice and Democratic Kanawha County Commissioner Ben Salango. So far, all we have is an internal poll paid for by the Justice campaign and conducted by Mark Blankenship, a long-time ...
I’ve never been entirely sold on criticism of the “participation trophy” concept. Young people do need to know the difference between winning and merely participating in a contest, whether that’s on the playing field, in the classroom or on the job site. Still, there’s something to be ...
The other day I walked into the doctor’s office for a routine checkup feeling tall, in relatively good shape and fairly spry. I walked out an inch-and-a-half shorter than I thought I was, three pounds heavier than I thought I was (which, given the sudden reduction in height was more like 10 ...
Agricultural Society We have been turning in our mind for some time a process by which we could see the formation of an Agricultural Society. It presented itself on Friday in the assemblage here of gentlemen, from all parts of the county, when a few of them raised the interest and began in ...
]As farcical as it seems, in our grand Republic, there are American citizens, politicians, institutions, and media calling for the deconstruction of our country. This is not Iran chanting death to America. Likewise, it’s not an outlaw country trying to erase our history, protesting our ...
With so many diets out there, you may not know where to look for new ideas of recipes for each one. Luckily there have been several new cookbooks released that are ready to help. For those following the Paleo diet, “The Paleo Sheet Pan Cookbook” by Jennifer Bumb, the creator of the ...
Everyone has different hobbies, likes and talents and ways of passing their time. I am sure things I like and enjoy are different from things you like and enjoy, which is a natural thing. I have a large variety of hobbies and things I like to do. The hobbies are painting, drawing, photography, ...
We all make people happy. Some people do it by entering a room. Others do it by leaving a room. You probably know both kinds of people. Which kind are you? The difference is attitude. We all have friends we like to be around. They make us feel good when we are with them. Maybe they make us ...
After a tragedy, a family is torn apart. And then a woman goes missing in “Don’t Look for Me” by Wendy Walker. Molly’s youngest was killed in a car accident, and Molly was the driver. Now she and her husband are distant, and her two remaining children are angry and sullen. One evening, ...
We have exciting news for you! The MOV Chamber is officially launching a Member Calendar on our chamber website. What is a Member Calendar you ask? It is a centralized location for our MOV Chamber Members to post their organization’s upcoming events and promotions. This calendar is ...
By J.J. BARRETT WVU Extension Service Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. Fall is definitely here as cooler temperatures have set in. What a difference a year makes. Fall of 2019 was hot and dry as we experienced very little rain and unseasonably high temperatures. As you finish ...
Not many people worry about the expanding power of government as much as I do. As I’ve written, we Americans need to talk about that, especially in regard to public health measures, once the COVID-19 epidemic has passed. In the meantime, why can’t we give the Monongalia County Health ...
Start the countdown, folks. We’re just 50 days away from the Nov. 3, general elections. Labor Day traditionally marks the official start of campaign season, so expect to see your TVs and radio bombarded with ads, your mailboxes full of mailers, and your streets lined with signs. According to ...
A collection of the kinds of thoughts I’ve had while driving home from work over the past week or so. You know the kinds of drives I mean: the ones where you arrive home and have no memory of the drive, but have nearly worked out the solutions to several big problems. Actually, other people ...