Wendell, I'm 65 (will be 66 in July) and I am learning Reaper. it is an excellent program and you can try it free for some number of months. It's one of those programs that if all you want to do is some basic editing that's all the further that you need to delve into it. Then if you want to learn to do more advanced stuff you can.

Spend a couple bucks and get this book: Home Recording for Beginners:
http://www.amazon.com/Home-Recording-Beginners-Geoffrey-Francis/dp/1598638815/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394028417&sr=8-1&keywords=home+recording+for+beginners&tag=lhitecom-20

There are also a bunch of "how to" videos on Reaper. Most of them on Youtube. And their user forum is hugely helpful. Here is their "newbie" forum: http://forum.cockos.com/forumdisplay.php?f=31. Very helpful and they have been very tolerant of my stupid questions.

Good luck!