Posts by Anne Evans-Cazier, LCSW

This past week was our state holiday. We celebrate with an early morning marathon through high mountain passes, a good old fashion parade, rodeos, and fireworks… replaced this year by a laser show in deference to the fact that we are a desert in the middle of fire season in the middle of a deep drought.But change…

I said goodbye to my cast this week. I’m grateful that great doctors and modern science helped my broken trapezium (you might have to look that one up, I know I did!) to heal properly.​That being said, I still have to admit I was beyond excited to get rid of the thing. It was heavy…

What’s in that pool? Behind that rock? Under that bit of seaweed? We like to poke along the shore, peering into the water, watching for movement, finding the glimmer. Can you see the octopus? This was an exciting super low tide day, revealing a world not usually in view, but even ordinary days hold treasures…

When I was 10 we moved to Berkeley. I was not a big fan of leaving our home on the beach in southern California for the misty fogs and steep hills  up north.But there was one glorious compensation. I had my own room! And it had a marvelous walk in closet with a steep A…

Years ago my father flew to Stockholm for a business meeting. He was a bit on edge because it was important to his fledgling business that the people he was meeting with came away with a good impression.First of all, bear in mind that Stockholm is a long way from our home in Salt Lake…

Or mad.Or grumpy.And that’s ok.My week started out kind of rough, with my blinds crashing down and breaking my thumb and streaks of fluorescent green light flashing in my eye. All of which was a bit scary and disconcerting, but with good medical care (for which I am very grateful) it’s all going to be…

Work? Play? Both? How did you spend your summers growing up?  I grew up in LA, but we came “home” to Utah every summer to visit my parents’ families. It was hot, no AC, and kids were expected (read required) to go outside and stay outside all day.  Summer was long, sweaty afternoons under Uncle…