RovinCrone

Now in my late seventies, I have been around the block a few times. I can’t pretend to have learned everything about living the good li...

  During the past year, some of my old friends have been widowed. It is saddening to watch them go through the early stages of grief-...

Like most elderly people, I take several medicines every day--for hypertension, arthritis, and other ailments--and hate to think what life...

Many years ago I read one of cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead’s books (I think it was Blackberry Winter) and found myself amused b...

  Returning to California from a long cross-country trip, we stopped in South Lake Tahoe for the night. Affordable campgrounds were ...

After moving to El Dorado County I wanted to meet some people with similar interests, as I had done in previous places. This turned out t...

For me, the quest began with my book club. Someone in the group suggested that we read Marja Mills’ The Mockingbird Next Door, the ...

If any part of traveling in a motorhome requires some creativity, it is the laundry problem. Some people try to avoid going to Laundro...

When I visited Spain in 1971, among the many things I enjoyed was the food. Gazpacho, paella, flan, huge salads, fresh fruits, sherry...

Everyone is aware of the downsides of growing older—the physical deterioration, the loss of short-term memory, medical and other financial...