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…
Category: Geezer Tribe
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…
Geezer Tribe: Greeting card blues
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…
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…
