Category: Geezer Tribe

By Linda Shaffer I have a hunch that there are a lot of us who won’t go far this year.  If you are lucky enough to live near family, you’ll probably get…

By Linda Shaffer Just above my computer screen I see a fern growing happily between two corner windows. This is no ordinary fern. Family legend has it that this one came from…

By Linda Shaffer A few weeks back, I saw a catalog with a picture of the Three Wise Monkeys. You might remember them from your childhood. I did. Immediately, my inner brain…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Tell us your stories … please share your best (and worst, silliest, amazing and more) stories from the Thanksgiving holiday. Special dishes that only make an appearance at Thanksgiving. The…

By Linda Shaffer Last week I wrote about our accessories and neglected to mention a couple of them that are pretty darned important. First, how about those eye glasses I’m wearing right…

By Linda Shaffer Today I am wearing a nightgown which is at least 15 years-old. I’ve gotten three of them over the years and just ordered another. I pretend they are dresses…

By Linda Shaffer As of Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2am in my neighborhood, life as I knew it changed. No, it wasn’t a surprise party or anything that good. It wasn’t…

By Linda Shaffer I have spent my research time this week trying to remember when I knew an old person who didn’t have a house plant. I could not think of a…

By Linda Shaffer Like it or not, your life will be easier if you learn the skill of patience. Some people are born with it and some not. It tends to be…