Sometimes getting old is a pain–Geezer pain. But there are lots of ways to lessen or negate the adverse effects of aging. I have back problems, arthritis, and neuropathy. I don’t tell you this for sympathy, but simply to show
Grab On To It
Cars Tell the Story of Your Life
I started this post thinking it would be interesting to do, but did not see it becoming a kind of “mini-memoir.” As I went from car to car and looked at why I bought any particular vehicle, I also remembered;
Tips for Geezers: Shoeless in Spokane
I, like many Geezers, am starting to wear out. The once simple tasks of putting on my socks and shoes on in the morning has become a real challenge. Knee replacements mean my knees don’t bend as well as they
Spittle
We now communicate with spittle. We throw swear words, profanities, obscenities, that are meant to slap our opponent in the face. We use frothy, four-letter words to abuse and destroy ideas, beliefs, and the spirit of others. We are
CIGGIE IS HERE!
My daughter takes care of cats and dogs that the local Humane Society has recently taken in. The animals they give her to foster are usually very young or in poor health. Once they are in good or at least
Let’s Try This Again
It has been more than a year since I wrote my last blog for Just A Geezer. Well, I have lots of excuses, so just pick one: —My computer broke and then the guy who I had fixing it, stole
Just One More Thing
The other day I got to thinking about how to tell may family how much they meant to me—how they really made living such a joy all these years. I could have just sat them down and told them face-to-face,
Having Money to Keep Your Geezer Boat Afloat
Somewhere I read where the recent, big federal tax cut computed out to a savings of more than 10% for the ultra-rich and about 2.8% for us regular (poor and getting poorer) folk. With the cost of living rising because
Shrinkage
Massive blows to the environment, like Chernobyl, like Exxon Valdez, like Love Canal, are nothing. Shrinkage is the true disaster, the constant chip, chip, chipping, that turns nature into pavement. We move a rock, we cut down a tree, we
Write or Wrong
I haven’t written the Just a Geezer Blog for some time. Why? I could try to come up with a good excuse. It’s true that I have been helping my daughter get a rental house fixed up for sale. I
Hell of a Christmas—Part II
In my last post, I left you with my sadness of seeing the vagabonds being towed away behind my neighbor’s vehicle. I wanted to find out where they ended up, but, when I knocked on their door later that day,
Hell of a Christmas
It is the day before Christmas, and I wish I was writing about something wonderful—something that would uplift all of our spirits. But that’s not how I feel after what I have experienced over the last couple of days. I
Noah and the Raven
Noah’s ark floated off on torrential rain, until only the water and sky remained. and after waiting 40 days for the floods to slow, no sand, no pebbles, and no boulders showed. As Noah floated aimlessly in an endless sea,
Movie Review: Only the Brave
In the summer of 1966, I was 18 years old, a recent high school graduate, and had just been hired by the U.S Forest Service to work as a fire fighter for the summer. I knew next to nothing about
Have a Drink with Me
In my lifetime, I have always enjoyed a drink or two at the end of the day. I don’t do it to get comatose, paralyzed, or even to forget. I just enjoy a drink that relaxes me so that I