Miscellaneous

 or the first few years of my life, I lived in the small farming community of Afton, Wyoming. As a result, I have had a close relationship with cowboys (or at least ranchers) and I have always been fascinated with this lifestyle and the men who taught me so much. They have been very influential…

When I was first asked if I had a special hiding place as a child, I thought that the obvious answer was no. Thinking about my early life I couldn’t think of any place I escaped to so I could hide from people (unless I was playing ‘hide & seek’).But to run away and hide…

Recently I was asked what the best advice about work that I could give to my family or anyone else is simple, WORK HARD! I honestly don’t know what else to say! In fact, I’m tempted to end this discussion right here except ya’ll would be disappointed by my decision if I didn’t use my philosophical…

In November of 1966 I had just turned 19. I boarded a plane for Chicago, Illinois to catch a connecting flight to London, England where I would have a short layover before departing for Milano, Italy, and then on to Pisa, Italy. It was my first adventure flying on a big airplane. I was alone,…

Sometime during my senior year in college, I applied to the University of Michigan and the University of Tennessee for acceptance into their Master of Public Health program. At the time the University of Utah, where I was a current student, didn’t offer this degree.I was accepted into both programs and had a difficult time…

I thought long and hard about what I should write for this post and in the process I considered such fascinating topics as: 1) why do my grandchildren laugh at me all the time; 2) why didn’t I get some of my grandchildren’s musical talent; 3) why do fish like great big, juicy worms; 4)…