RovinCrone

  For many years I have made a point of declining plastic bags at the supermarket, ostentatiously piling items into a reusable bag or a...

No-sweat writing.   Have you always wanted to write a cozy mystery, to be another Agatha Christie? Of course you can! Simply take yo...

A recent article by psychologist Mary Pipher (“The Joy of Being a Woman in Her Seventies,” The New York Times 1-12-19) extolled the hap...

Readers, please note: the new url for this blog is https://rovincrone.blogspot.com. When I bought groceries today, I suddenly realized...

Tomorrow is Election Day, and I’m worried. Trump himself is not on any ballot, but his supporters are seeking to win elections as govern...

On Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park So much for not blogging! Since saying goodbye to readers in my last post, I have thought...

For the past few years I've satisfied the urge to write by blogging as RovinCrone. It has been enjoyable in many ways, but the time has ...

Photographers at Yosemite Falls Too often when my companion is driving and I am peacefully looking out the passenger window he will s...

Tourists driving from Sacramento or the San Francisco Bay area toward Lake Tahoe often take Route 50. They pass through Placerville (a....

  Nearly a year ago I began having pain and weakness in my left arm. As I have advanced osteoarthritis, some pain is never surprising, bu...