EDITOR’S NOTE: I chatted with Linda Shaffer this week and she reports that her recovery is going very well, and she’s the poster child for reverse shoulder replacements. She’s still restricted on…
Category: Geezer Tribe
GEEZER TRIBE: 2019’s Christmas in July
EDITOR’S NOTE: Linda Shaffer is becoming the “bionic woman” (again.) So we are digging into the Geezer Tribe archives to give you this classic from July 17, 2019. Send Linda some healing…
GEEZER TRIBE: When Weeds Make Your Day
EDITOR’S NOTE: Linda Shaffer is becoming the “bionic woman” (again.) So we are digging into the Geezer Tribe archives to give you this classic from June 19, 2019. Send Linda some healing…
Geezer Tribe: A trip to the parts store
by Linda Shaffer Remember when you were a kid and the television stopped working? If it wasn’t the antenna, then it had to be a vacuum tube. This meant someone had to…
Geezer Tribe: Don’t forget your hankie
by Linda Shaffer No, I’m not talking about hanky panky. I’m pretty sure this was something we weren’t supposed to participate in when we were kids and we didn’t want our kids…
Geezer Tribe: Celebrating summer salads
By Linda Shaffer If you have never made, eaten or seen a red, white and blue gelatin salad, you might not be old enough to read this column. If you need to…
Geezer Tribe: Just the short of it
by Linda Shaffer Remember that old saying about “the long and the short of things?” Well, I do. Why? I am reminded of it daily because somewhere between the early 2000s and…
Geezer Tribe: Where is Tarzan’s beard?
by Linda Shaffer I’ve been watching too much television news again. It leaves me sad, upset and fearful most of the time. It also leaves me with a head full of questions…
GEEZER TRIBE: A date at the dump
by Linda Shaffer Yes, it’s true. The Shaffers have finally added a new destination to their short list of places visited in the past two years. As I’m sure most of you…
Geezer Tribe: Kudos to candidates
by Linda Shaffer If you are a registered voter in Tillamook County, you will have received your ballot for the May 18 Special Election by now. For the record, this is a…