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Rona Maynard

DON’T CALL ME “SENIOR!”

August 21 was my day. No, not my birthday — I’ll be 73 for another two months. The day I share with the rest of us who had the good…

3 min readAug 23, 2023

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DON’T CALL ME “SENIOR!”

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Rona Maynard

TWO BOWLS OF SOUP

In Memory of Val Ross, October 17, 1950 — February 17, 2008

6 min readAug 1, 2023

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TWO BOWLS OF SOUP

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Rona Maynard

A PLACE FOR CHRISTOPHER

A woman who walks a dog is going to meet a lot of men. In my part of town, they’re mostly down and out. One April morning at a neighborhood…

4 min readJul 26, 2023

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A PLACE FOR CHRISTOPHER

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Rona Maynard

GO, GRANNY, GO! AN ADVENTURE IN ART AND AGE

I used to think of Pasadena, California as the setting of a Jan and Dean song about a little old lady (their words, not mine) with a zest…

5 min readFeb 21, 2023

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GO, GRANNY, GO! AN ADVENTURE IN ART AND AGE

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Rona Maynard

MY BROADWAY DEBUT

The year I turned 12, I just knew I was going to be famous. I pictured myself onstage, with a gleaming trophy in my arms and exultant fans…

6 min readFeb 9, 2023

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MY BROADWAY DEBUT

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Rona Maynard

DON’T CALL ME DEAR!

It was the kind of restaurant where the tables are draped in damask and the leather-bound wine list goes on for pages. A rosy-cheeked…

6 min readFeb 6, 2023

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DON’T CALL ME DEAR!

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Rona Maynard

THE JOY OF OLD CLOTHES

Old clothes are like old friends: they let me feel like myself. No other navy blue hat frames my face as this one does, so I’ll stick with…

2 min readDec 12, 2022

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THE JOY OF OLD CLOTHES

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Rona Maynard

THE MIDLIFE WOMAN’S NEW BEST FRIEND

I hung onto midlife for all I was worth. On the brink of 70, I thought of myself as middle-aged. Not that I planned to live till 140. I…

3 min readDec 12, 2022

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THE MIDLIFE WOMAN’S NEW BEST FRIEND

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Rona Maynard

SYMPTOMS OF LOVE

Back in the prime of my flesh and bones, I was always dying of something. Cancer, more often than not. Doctors learned to humor me. One…

4 min readDec 12, 2022

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SYMPTOMS OF LOVE

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Rona Maynard

Tillie’s Gift

“Look at that front row,” said my mother. I’d been trying not to stare at the three queens of fiction. Both Margarets, Atwood and Laurence…

6 min readNov 22, 2022

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Tillie’s Gift

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Rona Maynard

Rona Maynard

Memoirist, speaker, meaning maker, dog person, celebrant of discovery. Author of STARTER DOG: MY PATH TO JOY, BELONGING AND LOVING THIS WORLD.

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