Miscellaneous

On a beautiful fall Saturday, several years ago, my wife and I were presenting at a professional conference in Salt Lake and decided we had just enough time to walk up City Creek Canyon for a quick picnic on our lunch break. We bought a couple of sandwiches from the hotel and walked up the…

Years ago my father flew to Stockholm for a business meeting. He was a bit on edge because it was important to his fledgling business that the people he was meeting with came away with a good impression.First of all, bear in mind that Stockholm is a long way from our home in Salt Lake…

The story I’m about to share gives me no pleasure in telling, but it has an important message about fighting our children’s battles. It’s about a mother who I call the ‘Mad Momma’, her son ‘Precious’ and our youngest son Peter. It’s my hope to share this story in a factual way without bias, but…

Or mad.Or grumpy.And that’s ok.My week started out kind of rough, with my blinds crashing down and breaking my thumb and streaks of fluorescent green light flashing in my eye. All of which was a bit scary and disconcerting, but with good medical care (for which I am very grateful) it’s all going to be…

“I have been asked what I mean by word of honor. I will tell you. Place me behind prison walls—walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground—there is a possibility that in some way or another I may be able to escape, but stand me on that…

Work? Play? Both? How did you spend your summers growing up?  I grew up in LA, but we came “home” to Utah every summer to visit my parents’ families. It was hot, no AC, and kids were expected (read required) to go outside and stay outside all day.  Summer was long, sweaty afternoons under Uncle…

I remember it well. It was April 16, 2022, when my wife and I had an unexpected visit from a bat. It was about 10:00 pm and we were just getting into bed when Anne yelled, “Calvert there’s a bat in our room. Duck under the covers!” I looked up and thought I saw that…