Posts by Calvert F Cazier, PhD, MPH

  Several years ago, my wife and I were in Florida spending time with our family. One of the activities we planned was an outing to the everglades where we rented a couple of canoe’s to observe the alligators in their natural environment. Before setting off the rangers gave us instructions about respecting the alligators…

  Recently my wife and I attended an event where a man from Mexico spoke. He only spoke a few minutes but I was intrigued with his story. When he was six years old his mother saw a little mouse in the kitchen and she jumped. He didn’t know if it was from surprise or…

    A few weeks ago, my wife and I were watching an English murder mystery and, upon seeing the victim, one of the detectives described the situation with the following comment, “It’s too late to dig a well if your house is on fire.” My first reaction when I heard this was to laugh,…

  When I was a child I received a book for Christmas entitled Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch by Alice Hegan Rice. Mrs. Wiggs is a poor woman living in dilapidated housing with her four children. She is uneducated but wise with a lifetime of experience and willing to share it with anyone who…

  For the first few years of my life, I lived in the small farming community of Afton, Wyoming. As a result cowboys have always been fascinating to me and very influential in my life, my ethics, my work habits, and whatever strengths I may possess. I learned much about myself from the images and memories I have…

  Several years ago I was on a four-day business trip to Washington, D.C. I was staying in a hotel near the Reagan National Airport. At this time I was a regular jogger and each morning before the conference I went for a forty-five minute jog. The first morning I jogged on a trail near…