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Pathfinder Pilot Recalls D-Day
Editor's Note: In May 2019 I traveled to Oxford, Connecticut for media day hosted by the D-Day Squadron as they prepared to depart to...
See the Forest AND the Trees at Redwood National Park
Editor's Note: In 2015, I visited a redwood forest in northern California for the first time. Before arriving at the edge of the forest,...
Take a Hike – Into a Cauldron!
Editor's Note: In 2015, I visited Lassen Volcanic National Park in northern California. Its history is the history of the National Park Service because...
Glass: a Hot and Cool Combo of Art and Science
Editor's note: One of the hottest and coolest stories I have covered was my 2016 visit to the Toledo Museum of Art's Glass Pavilion...
Sneakers Have Soles – and Soul
Editor's note: In December 2015 I learned of a new exhibit at the Toledo Museum of Art - The Rise of Sneaker Culture. Curated...
A Graphic Novel: On the Front Lines with Larry Lather*
Editor's note: Feb. 11, 2026 - In 2020 as the pandemic unfolded, I decided to create a graphic novel about the importance of handwashing...
‘Human computers’ did the math
Editor's Note: After reading Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly, a book published in 2016 about the group of African American women who were...
The Mold in Dr. Florey’s Coat was Penicillium
Editor's note: With an undergraduate degree and work experience in microbiology, I just had to read The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story...
1918: World War I and Flu Pandemic Rages
Editor's Note: In my life before journalism, I worked in a clinical microbiology lab at a hospital identifying germs. After graduating from The Ohio...
Snowy Owl Returns to the Wild Blue Yonder
Editor's note: After seeing a Snowy Owl in the wild for the first time in 2014 in southeastern Michigan, I began following Project Snowstorm...