Posts by Calvert F Cazier, PhD, MPH

Growing up I was short, I mean very short. How could I expect to be anything different with a mother who stood five foot four inches and a father who was five foot six inches? I don’t remember if I was always the smallest one in my class, but if I wasn’t those that were shorter than…

I am confident that if my mother or father were asked about my behavior as a child, they would claim without any hesitation that as far as they were aware I was their perfectly behaved son, and in my humble opinion I would have to agree. I remember a few times where I may have…

The title of this post begs the question, “What exactly did I do again?” The answer is simple but before answering it I must ask myself a few simple questions. Question #1: “What’s the easiest thing you will ever do in your life? Answer: make a New Year’s resolution! Question #2: “What’s the most difficult…

This Christmas Story is one that changed our lives for the betterment of our family. Because it is so important to us, I have made a tradition of posting it annually on the Tuesday before Christmas. I hope you enjoy it! Our Christmas arrived two days early in 1982 and it turned out to be…

What is a vacation? I’m sure people reading this may wonder what kind of a question is that? I mean everyone knows what a vacation is, right? As I started writing this story, I learned a valuable lesson that the term vacation has different meanings to different people depending on their personal experiences. My childhood…

A few days ago, I was driving and listening to the radio when the song “Beep, Beep – The Little Nash Rambler” from The Platters was played. It was released in 1958 and it got as high as number four on the charts. I was enthralled from the very first verse until the end of…

Yesterday, as I was flying home from Seattle, I started thinking about my life and about being a parent for more than 50 years, a grandfather for nearly 30 years, and a great grandfather for 6+ years. Somewhere while sitting in the wild blue yonder, I thought to myself, “Wow! With all this experience I…