Miscellaneous

Sewing clothes is an art form that I believe is being lost in today’s society. My mother was an excellent seamstress and made beautiful dresses and other clothes for my sisters. However, she limited her sewing to my sister’s clothing and as far as I remember she didn’t make any clothes for me (she did…

In the spring of 2017, I traveled to Bamako, the capitol of Mali, Africa with my grandson, Calvert, to visit his dad and my son, Lt. Col. Paul Cazier. Paul was stationed in the US Embassy as the military attaché and was the highest-ranking US military officer in Mali. Mali is a land-locked country in west…

A short time ago I was lying in bed trying to decide whether I wanted to get up and start my day or if I wanted to keep lying there and pretend to be productive. While in this contemplative mood I picked up my phone and started scrolling through Facebook. Of course, when I do…

One Sunday morning several years ago, my father was in a leadership position in his church. On this particular Sunday he was in a meeting with other leaders and during the meeting a man in their congregation who no longer attended was discussed. Dad was curious as to why this man of great faith had…

Many years ago, Anne and I were visiting some of our family who were living in Stuttgart, Germany. We decided to do some touring of Europe with them. I do have two fond memories of our adventures together in Belgium. The first included visiting a barn, and the second involved watching a family of ducks. We…

Around 1962, when I was in junior high school, Roy and his family moved into my neighborhood. They were immigrants from Indonesia and didn’t speak English. He came from a home where love was plentiful, his parents worked hard, they were honest, they set an example for all their children, and they were doing their…

The year started out on a high. I was living in Italy, having one of those grand life changing experiences so important in young adulthood. Unfortunately, that was cut short when I developed a kidney disease and had to return home for treatment. Even though my doctors would not allow me to do any physical…