Jan M. Flynn

The Christmas trees of my childhood were spindly In the early days of my adulthood and first marriage, we still did the...

The Christmas trees of my childhood were spindly In the early days of my adulthood and first marriage, we still did the...

My husband and I left our mostly liberal-leaning Northern California digs to join family members in Idaho, where we lived from 2008 to...

My husband and I left our mostly liberal-leaning Northern California digs to join family members in Idaho, where we lived from 2008 to...

If you haven’t seen or heard this yet, please don’t miss it! Watching lies become the truth in this year’s election. And a few people who...

If you haven’t seen or heard this yet, please don’t miss it! Watching lies become the truth in this year’s election. And a few people who...

Wait — you don’t talk to your brain? Are you sure? I mean, when you say things to yourself, often rather harsh things like, “Seriously?...

Wait — you don’t talk to your brain? Are you sure? I mean, when you say things to yourself, often rather harsh things like, “Seriously?...

We live in a culture besotted with doing. We are devoted to breathless, full-tilt “I’ve been working crazy hours,” we’ll say to explain...

We live in a culture besotted with doing. We are devoted to breathless, full-tilt “I’ve been working crazy hours,” we’ll say to explain...

It’s possible that you were an angelic, secure child who drifted off to the Land of But it’s unlikely. Unless you were a highly unusual,...

It’s possible that you were an angelic, secure child who drifted off to the Land of But it’s unlikely. Unless you were a highly unusual,...

. . . write a novel in a month? I know, the idea is nuts! But that’s the idea behind the wildly successful National Novel Writing Month,...

. . . write a novel in a month? I know, the idea is nuts! But that’s the idea behind the wildly successful National Novel Writing Month,...

I’m grateful for all I gain from the time I spend with friends at various points along life’s road: the little kids, with their energy...

I’m grateful for all I gain from the time I spend with friends at various points along life’s road: the little kids, with their energy...

So I attended a high school reunion this weekend. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to a reunion, and much longer than that since I...

So I attended a high school reunion this weekend. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to a reunion, and much longer than that since I...

It’s possible that I am the luckiest woman in the world. I’m not rich, I’m not famous, my daily life is nothing glamorous, and I am...

It’s possible that I am the luckiest woman in the world. I’m not rich, I’m not famous, my daily life is nothing glamorous, and I am...