This website is being created at the urging of my wife, Chrys, largely to honor a good friend who died this week: Ron Taylor, who is pictured above in a photo Chrys took.

Ron was a greatly beloved journalist in Atlanta. He was a wonderful writer and a good-hearted soul with a great laugh. But, as someone else said this week, writing, reporting and maybe even laughing were his day jobs. In his later years, he totally enjoyed what he called “roving,” walking and rambling often for long distances through the urban neighborhoods near his home.

If you read The Joy of Roving, you’ll hear some more about Ron. You’ll also hear about the joy of roving, walking, rambling, wandering, traveling and relishing simple joys whether in your own neighborhood or traveling much farther afield.