by Linda Shaffer As luck would have it, we’ve been pretty much untouched by Covid fatigue. During this time of quarantine our lives have been relatively unchanged. We have the same habits…
Category: Geezer Tribe
Geezer Tribe: Party-on Planet Earth!
by Linda Shaffer I don’t know the exact date our planet was formed but scientists of all persuasions seem to agree that it happened about 4.54 billion years ago. As a person…
Geezer Tribe: Geezer-proof packaging
by Linda Shaffer For the most part, I think we oldies are pretty patient about things and if we aren’t, it’s because we get frustrated by that which we can’t do but…
Geezer Tribe: When gardeners become hoarders
by Linda Shaffer As a couple about to celebrate 40 years of marriage, you can guess that we have some things in common. Not all things because that would be too boring,…
Geezer Tribe: When smaller is more fun
by Linda Shaffer Several years ago I noticed that my mom started coveting little things. Among those were travel sized personal products, miniature candy bars, cheese and cracker snack packs and mini…
Geezer Tribe: The road from MTV to OPB
by Linda Shaffer Long ago (30 years) and far away (73 miles) we moved to a town that offered up a great job for me at the Dallas Itemizer-Observer and as a…
GEEZER TRIBE: Winning and losing
by Linda Shaffer There is so much going on in this world of ours that it is easy to get swept up by it all and overwhelmed. That doesn’t even include the…
Remember when we loved to hide out?
by Linda Shaffer One of the best parts of getting old is that most of our days leave a memory behind and our lives leave a real treasure chest of them. Yes,…
GEEZER TRIBE: Why it’s so darned hard to toss out food
by Linda Shaffer Last night I decided to use up a packaged sauce mix which had lived in our cupboard for a long, long time. When I opened the package, I could…
Geezer Tribe: The trouble with ‘gullfriends’
by Linda Shaffer Winter may not bring much snow to the Oregon Coast but it sure does bring the seagulls. I don’t mean to imply that they go away any time of…