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,…
Category: Geezer Tribe
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…
The ups and downs of social media
by Linda Shaffer Go figure. After spending 35 years in the newspaper business I am addicted to news. This can be good news or bad and I take it any way I…
Bears with furniture
by Linda Shaffer Last summer, I’m pretty sure I wrote something about living in a world of quarantine and the effects it had on our lives. At the time I didn’t think…
GEEZER TRIBE: Treasures abound in old cook books
by Linda Shaffer A few years back, my Old Aunt Wanda gave me a box filled with cook books. The box was marked with my name and hers. It should be noted…
A new year with an old deadline …and it’s not even Wednesday yet!
EDITOR’S NOTE: We are over the moon, beyond thrilled and excited to announce …. sound trumpets … Geezer Tribe is back on the Tillamook County Pioneer. One of the “original” columns on…
A Letter from GEEZER WORLD
Dear Mother Nature, The last thing I want to do right now is make you more upset than you already are. I want you to know that I’m here for you but…
All hail the fidgeters!
They can’t sit still. They have something to do. When you go to their homes, you won’t get through the door before they ask what they can get for you. Oh, and…
The heartbreak of houseitosis
Most of us are of an age where we “calls ’em like we sees ’em”… and oh boy… have we come up with some descriptions for this winter. In fact, we’ve been…
