From the Editor

We live among the wild things, even in an urban setting, sharing the planet with wild animals sometimes means coming across an animal needing help. We may not speak the same language, but compassion still compels us to do what we can to help injured or abandoned animals. Luckily, a local nonprofit works tirelessly to help wild animals live healthy lives right where they belong: in the wild. Winding country roads lead to a quiet…

There’s a secret garden, the kind from a favorite storybook, less than 30 miles north of Columbus; down a hedge-lined driveway and through a tiny opening that you may have missed, a tiny sign points you toward Fields of Grace flower farm. As you approach, you are met with beds of flowers stretching before an old farmhouse. Children scamper through freshly cut grass and perch in trees, their tiny squeals the perfect expression of joy…