Columns

Combating addiction crisis: Making OD reversal drug easier and cheaper to access

We celebrated Arbor Day in Ohio last week. Trees are vital to Ohio communities – they improve air quality, support residents’ mental and physical...

A pinched nerve has sent me into a temporary hiatus, after the obligatory back x-ray — necessary before the obligatory MRI — showed cervical...

Decoration Day and more in 1872

The following information was found in the Wilmington Journal dated June 6, 1872:‘A Glorious Decoration Day In Wilmington’According to previous arrangements a large number...

Guest column from WC grad, Quaker: Keeping faith and preserving life in war-torn Kyiv

On February 17, amidst rumors that Russia was about to launch an invasion, the Quakers of Kyiv, Ukraine penned a letter to the American...

Combating addiction crisis: Making OD reversal drug easier and cheaper to access

We know how hard the opioid and addiction crisis has hit our state over the past few years. And the COVID-19 pandemic has only...

Supporting Ukraine’s victims of war

An anonymous local Quaker donor gave $1,500 as matching funds to quickly raise money for civilian victims of the senseless war by Russia on...

The blue light is out for good

Forty years ago, we lived on Westfield Drive in the Southridge area of Wilmington. It was a very convenient place to live. As a...

Supporting Ohio teachers & investing in Ohio classrooms

The COVID-19 pandemic only highlighted what we already knew – teachers are essential workers. Educators sacrifice so much for their students, and for our...

Sleeping at the base of a tree

Over the past month, I have written several times about the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. Their situation is not getting any better....

Taking aim at our Canada geese

In 2000 the North American population for Canada geese was estimated to be 4 to 5 million birds. One can assume in the intervening...