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This is the last week of our 2014 Sizzlin’ Summer Challenge. This week’s focus is to find and pick your own produce. What a wonderful time of year to do so. The fruits and vegetables are plentiful. This morning, Amy Gilbert, VEHI PATH’s wellness coordinator, appeared with a pint of juicy raspberries in hand, and […]

By now, you have all experienced a taste of the new school year, engaged with returning and new students, reconnected with colleagues and introduced yourselves to new educators and staff. In recognition of new beginnings and the rekindling of friendships, this week’s goal is to post photos of ways in which you express love for […]

For me, laughter is a necessity for fully living. Laughter brings me inordinate pleasure, is a welcome respite from the everyday routine and occasionally serves in a healing capacity. In my family of origin, loud and boisterous laughter was a natural occurrence; as a result, my two sisters and I continue to carry forth that […]

Spending time being healthy with a pet or an animal is this week’s sizzlin’ summer challenge. When I think about how one might spend time with a pet or animal in a healthy way, the possibilities seem endless. That said, I thought I would share some stories and photos from a few of the VSBIT […]

This week we ask you to post a photo of a milestone you have chosen to celebrate in a new and exciting way.  Because this is my week to blog, I wanted to make sure I understood the word “milestone” before addressing it in more detail.  Thus, I grabbed my dictionary.  The first definition made […]

This past Saturday, my alma mater’s football team, the West Virginia University Mountaineer’s, ate dirt against the University of Maryland Terrapins, who easily pulled out 37 points. Not only was this loss unfortunate for WVU and the team’s standings, according to new research findings, it significantly impacted what I and other WVU fans ate following […]

The summer I was 14, and desperately wishing I could be more blonde (back then TV and magazine advertisers adamantly insisted blondes have more fun), I stumbled upon the way to create blond highlights naturally (sans peroxide).  The magic was lemon juice, and if my memory serves me right, I was indeed pleased with my […]

“Can I borrow your cellphone please?  I’ve locked my keys and phone in the car and I need to call my mom.”   I sized up the person directing those words our way inside the New Baltimore, NY Thruway rest area’s snack shop.  He looked all of about 17, was a gangly, thin ,6 feet 4 […]

John Naisbitt, author of the book High Tech, High Touch, once said “At best, technology supports and improves human life; at its worst, it alienates, isolates, distorts and destroys.As I continue to observe my own and other individual’s behaviors around digital devices, I wonder how best to balance my digital usage without becoming disconnected from […]

While weeding the garden last Sunday, I suddenly heard the familiar jingle “It’s a Small World” playing in the distance. My curiosity piqued, I soon discovered a small white refrigerated truck traveling down our country road at a snail’s pace trolling for customers. Instantaneously my nerves went on high alert and my feet started moving. […]