Posts by Calvert F Cazier, PhD, MPH
Practical Joke
The other night I was riding in a van with my family. My oldest son, Paul, was driving and I was sitting towards the back. Hyrum, my eight-year-old grandson, was sitting behind me and asked to see my watch, so I put my left arm over the seat and he started playing with it. After a few…
Read MoreChased by an Angry Momma Bear
When I was 11 years old I went to Yellowstone National Park with my father, and other fathers and sons from our church. My most memorable experience was when the bus driver stopped at the side of the road so we could take a picture of a mother bear and her cub resting a…
Read MoreLet Water Run Where It Runs!
Sometime ago I had the privilege of visiting an older gentleman in his early 90s. As part of the conversation he shared some advice about how he lived his life. He said that he, “let the water run where it runs!” This statement would have been confusing if I didn’t understand the context in…
Read MoreDucks In The Pond
This morning we stopped by the side of the road to adjust our GPS so we could get to our destination using the most direct effective route. Looking out the window of our parked car I saw a family of ducks sitting on the edge of a pond. The younger ones appeared to be…
Read MoreWWII German Veteran
A few months ago I walked to the park with my grandson, which was close to his home in Stuttgart, Germany. Just after we sat down an older gentleman approached and started talking. He was 92 years old. He spoke decent English and he wanted to talk so we listened, asked questions, and learned…
Read MoreEver Eaten A ‘Walkie Talkie’?
If I were to use the term “walkie talkie” most people would think of a communication device. So you can imagine how surprised I was when a young man from Birmingham, England, asked me, “Have you ever eaten a ‘walkie talkie’”? At first I thought I had misunderstood him, then I figured he was…
Read MoreThe Toothpick
Today (January 13, 2015), two of my sisters, my dad’s wife Eva, and myself were with my father as he was transitioning to departing this life and entering into the next. We all knew that we only had a few hours left with this good man and we wanted to enjoy the time…
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