Yesterday, I was sitting at our outside picnic table reading a book. It was a fairly hot day, but it was cool enough under the shade of a canopy. As always, when I read it takes me a long time
There Is No Breeze
There is no breeze. Plants wilt and droop. The underside of dying leaves signal distress. There is no breeze. Flies collapse and sulk as panting dogs lie in the shade. The birds are silent. There is no breeze. Worms ooze
Stumbled Across My 50-year Old High School Yearbook
The other day when looking through an assortment of cardboard boxes in my garage (I was looking for some family information to trace my heritage [more on that in a later blog]), I found my high school yearbook from my
The Run Amuck Gang
I don’t get a chance to use the phrase “Run Amuck” much, but sometimes it seems the best description of the actions of my three grandchildren. I thought it meant “out-of-control,” but the Internet dictionary says it means “a state
Geezer Recipe: Stuffed Green Peppers
THE BUFFALO WAS A GOOD CHOICE
Hail Our New National Mammal Just recently, President Obama signed a law making the bison our country’s first national mammal. The buffalo (I never called them “bison”) isn’t in competition with the bald eagle because the eagle already has national
15 Things That Make Up My GEEZER Survival Kit
As I get older (become more GEEZERfied [new word to add to your vocabulary]), I find myself looking for those things that can make my life easier. Like most people, I am a little hesitant about anything new and have always found it
Pet Peeve: How Could It Cost So Much?
The other day, I went out to our car and tried to move the seat back from where my wife had set it. The seat sputtered and stammered, but stayed locked in place—it just wouldn’t budge. To add insult to
Websites for GEEZERS
I hate it when I am at some business and a 20-year old asks me “Do you have a computer so that I can send you an email?” What I tell them is “No, send it by pony express.” All
Recipie: Ham Hocks and Beans
This is a recipe for what you would call a “hearty” meal. In other words, it needs to be eaten on those freezing, snowy, nasty days of winter. Eat it in any month without an “R” in it and you
Television Review: The Newsroom (HBO)
A televised presidential debate where every question relates to a critical issue. A debate where the candidates feet are nailed to the floor until they fully respond. A debate where moderators have a right to push for meaningful, truthful answers
A Rose by Any Other Name
As the hot star rose in the east, I left my padded platform and layers of warm textiles, and headed for the room of body cleaning equipment. There I rubbed antibacterial suds on my body, put a fluoride-laced concoction on
A Letter from my Dad
It took me a lifetime to understand my dad (at least as much as I could). Now all these years after he died, I have come to see where the man he became was pretty much determined early in his
Movie Review: Revenant
In the film Revenant, when mountain man Huge Glass (the real-life man–1783-1833—portrayed in the movie) gets between a sow grizzly and her cubs (biggest no-no in the wildlife world) literally, all hell breaks loose. The ferocious attack was one of the
Return of the Blog
Well, I guess it’s time to get back in the saddle and start-up Just a Geezer again. My hiatus was caused by having my second knee replaced—in the last eight months I had surgery on both knees and for carpal