Grandpa’s Gooseberry Ice Cream
Every summer Grandpa Call made homemade gooseberry ice cream using his kid powered ice cream maker. We looked forward to eating this special treat, which always delighted our palettes. After everything was ready he assigned the task of cranking the kid powered ice cream maker to his grandchildren. The lucky ones got their turn…
Read MoreFamily Resiliency Presentation
2016 Tourette Association National Conference March 10 – 13, 2016 Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, VA March 11, 3:45-5:00 — Family Resiliency Calvert F. Cazier, Helene Walisever Conference Overview The Tourette Association National Conference is the only time when people with Tourette Syndrome & Tic Disorders can come together in a warm, family-like atmosphere to…
Read MoreCross-Eyed Baby
When I was a young child my grandfather would pick me up, put me on his knee, bounce me up and down, and sing, “Cross eyed baby on each knee and a wife with a wart on her nose, on her nose, and a wife with a wart on her nose.” I would laugh,…
Read MoreWhat was Dad Thinking?
In 1939 my father was starting his senior year at Star Valley High School when he had the brilliant (or perhaps bizarre) idea. He decided he was going to sleep outside in a tent all winter. He grew up on a farm in Afton, Wyoming where it was not uncommon for the winter temperature…
Read MoreLittle Sister Meets The Mouse
I remember hearing that the best way to catch a mouse was to shine a light in its eyes, which would paralyze the critter thus making it easy capture. Supposedly, this was more efficient than a mousetrap. One night my parents went out for the evening leaving my sisters and I home by ourselves.…
Read MoreThe Six-Year Old Hero
In October, 1926 a terrible accident occurred which changed the lives of the entire Call family. On this particular day the mother, Ann, was in the kitchen preparing dinner. Little Lois, not quite two years old, came in for a drink of water. Her mom was busy and didn’t see her standing on her…
Read MoreSitting At Grandma’s Feet
I loved visiting Grandma Call and listening to her stories. I will share a few things I learned at her feet. She painted a picture in my mind of her father flooding the pasture every winter to make an ice skating pond for her family and friends. I felt I was there when she…
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