Ahhhh… what a weekend I had last week… Busy, busy, busy! Life moves so fast for many people like me. I can’t believe three months are already gone from the year 2026. But it’s all worth it when you put in all your energy and everything goes great the way I was expecting. I’m ...
Last Sunday, March 22, was proclaimed by the United Nations as World Water Day. The theme this year was “Where Water Flows Equality Grows.” This year, attention was given to the plight of women around the world. Globally, more than 1 billion women lack access to safely managed drinking ...
A few years ago at the Kozera family reunion in Pittsburgh, a stranger showed up. The man said he was our dead uncle Jay’s son. Finally learning who his birth father was, he wanted to learn about his family. The internet helped him locate his half-brothers (my cousins). They invited him to ...
West Virginia is considered to be the fourth “hungriest” state by organizations such as Feeding America and the U.S. Department of Agriculture studying food insecurity in this country. Certainly, Appalachia is hit hard. The food insecurity rate in southeast Ohio is 17.4%, though some ...
One of the worst floods in Parkersburg history came not from the rivers, but from a hilltop overlooking the city. Today there is a quiet park at the top of Quincy Street. It can be reached by car, or you can take the stairs. Nearly 200 of them will take you from Avery Street straight up the ...
There are nearly 6,000 children in foster care in West Virginia. Approximately one-third of them are between the ages of 13 and 17. These children are among our most vulnerable populations, and face challenges most of the rest of us are simply incapable of understanding. But they do have ...
