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March 31, 1941: Rosie Begins Riveting
Editor's Note: In 2014, I began attending Rosie Rallies in Michigan where I met a number of women who went to work in factories...
Stars and Stripes Stitched a Flag and a Nation
Editor's Note: In 2013, i visited the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore, Maryland, as part of our coverage of the...
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...
Lincoln Left Big Shoes – and Slippers – to Fill
Editor's note: In 2015 as I prepared to cover the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865, I was reminded...
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,...
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...
Honoring Cpl. Frank Buckles, His WWI Service, and His Life
Editor's note: In 2009 I had the honor of interviewing the sole surviving WWI veteran - Corporal Frank Woodruff Buckles - at his home...
Cross the Delaware River with General George Washington
Editor's note: I have visited both Mount Vernon, George Washington's beloved estate in Virginia, and Abraham Lincoln's home and Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois....
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...