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Rona Maynard

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…

Aug 23, 2023

DON’T CALL ME “SENIOR!”

Aug 23, 2023

Rona Maynard

TWO BOWLS OF SOUP

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

Aug 1, 2023

TWO BOWLS OF SOUP

Aug 1, 2023

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…

Jul 26, 2023

A PLACE FOR CHRISTOPHER

Jul 26, 2023

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…

Feb 21, 2023

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

Feb 21, 2023

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…

Feb 9, 2023

MY BROADWAY DEBUT

Feb 9, 2023

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…

Feb 6, 2023

DON’T CALL ME DEAR!

Feb 6, 2023

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…

Dec 12, 2022

THE JOY OF OLD CLOTHES

Dec 12, 2022

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…

Dec 12, 2022

THE MIDLIFE WOMAN’S NEW BEST FRIEND

Dec 12, 2022

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…

Dec 12, 2022

SYMPTOMS OF LOVE

Dec 12, 2022

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…

Nov 22, 2022

Tillie’s Gift

Nov 22, 2022

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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