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…
Category: Geezer Tribe
GEEZER TRIBE: The cat knocked the clock back on me
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…
GEEZER TRIBE: Talking with the plantanimals
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…
GEEZER TRIBE: Patience is a ‘must learn’ behavior
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…
GEEZER TRIBE: The lovely science of hugs
By Linda Shaffer Like most of you, I didn’t have a clue what a pandemic could do to this world. When I look back on those days and at how Covid changed…
GEEZER TRIBE: Much ado about October
By Linda Shaffer I already know I’ll be stepping on some toes here but life is too short to beat around brightly colored fall-colored bushes. I don’t think much of the month…
GEEZER TRIBE: What is food without love?
By Linda Shaffer Most of the people I am friends with are from the “food is love” family. In fact, a lot of those folks are relatives of mine. I’ve always wondered…
GEEZER TRIBE: ‘Physically Fit’ isn’t always a fairy tale
By Linda Shaffer Not sure about you but the odds of me being labeled physically fit would be like winning the Mexican lottery or being hit by a flying turtle. Before all…
GEEZER TRIBE: The Necessaries of Being at Home
By Linda Shaffer We recently dealt with the topic of hobbies and things which keep us actively engaged in life. They are good things and for the most part keep us happy….
GEEZER TRIBE: Obits should be required reading
By Linda Shaffer OK, I admit to being a newspaper person for most of my life which means I want to shorten the word obituary to obit. Either way it’s a derivative…