Miscellaneous

Some time ago I heard a story of an old farmer walking with his grandson out to feed the pigs. On their short walk, the grandfather gave this boy some advice designed to help him on his life’s journey. His advice was simple, “Son, you can’t teach a pig to sing because it wastes your…

More than forty years ago, my first wife Carol and I lived with our young son Paul in Price, Utah (a small town in the southeastern part of the state). I don’t remember where we had been but to get home we had to travel through the canyon. It was approximately 9 o’clock at night…

One of my longest standing “Rites of Spring” is a family trip to the desert in southern Utah. It’s an explosion of red rock, sunshine, and budding cacti against a brilliant blue sky, and the perfect place to refresh our minds, bodies, and relationships.  As one of my daughters observed this past weekend, all your worries drop…

A few years ago, I was throwing a rubber baseball to my little eight-year-old granddaughter Alicia. I had known for some time that she had some athletic talent and could be a good softball player if she wanted to be. One of the best things about this is she really enjoyed the game.As she took…

The brave acts and incredible courage of soldiers has never been enough to win wars and secure freedom.It has always taken many great sacrifices by other people as well.This picture captures one of those “happy days” of my parents at the end of WWII. Arriving home from war, my future dad rushed to find his…

Since I first watched the replay of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock for the offensive joke he made at the Academy Awards, I’ve been replaying in my mind the powerful way a personal hero of mine responded to an offensive joke made in public at his expense. My hero? My husband, Calvert F Cazier.Let me tell you…