RovinCrone

Back in the seventies, many of us were inspired by Small is Beautiful, by E.F. Schumacher, who pointed out the necessity of using less of th...

When we bought our 24' motorhome, we realized that storage would be a problem. At first, though, we focused on the kitchen and clothes c...

It’s a good thing that getting rich was never on my bucket list, because I have spent most of my life as a student or writer/editor, and...

Like many elderly people, I have some medical conditions that must be monitored. For nearly a year, my blood tests have shown a slightly ...

Here we go again! According to some recent research, giving up high-fat foods and increasing high-carbohydrate foods to lose weight wa...

Our view from the front porch Seven years ago I sold my home in the San Francisco Bay area and moved to California’s Gold Rush country...

My mother was a wonderful woman whom I appreciated more and more as we both aged. She was warm, funny, and wise; and I miss her greatl...

Lassen peaks in summer Nearly everyone knows about Yellowstone—the geysers and mud pots, the bears and bison, the magnificent sce...

“Modern Family” is just about my favorite current TV program. The characters are just close enough to typical Americans to be believable, ju...

My physician looked at my toes and exclaimed, “Oh, you poor thing!”—hardly the sort of comment I wanted to hear from her. My toes were...