Jan M. Flynn

When your book has to cut weight or die Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash Writing a novel has a lot in common with gardening You...

When your book has to cut weight or die Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash Writing a novel has a lot in common with gardening You...

Going into care was the best heartbreaking option Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay The bird with ruined wings still hopes to...

Going into care was the best heartbreaking option Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay The bird with ruined wings still hopes to...

5 simple steps to preparing for a move Photo by Erda Estremera on Unsplash Step 1: Sell your house If your house is in California,...

5 simple steps to preparing for a move Photo by Erda Estremera on Unsplash Step 1: Sell your house If your house is in California,...

President Biden used the G-word. It matters Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan, Armenia: Photo by Amir Kh on Unsplash On April 24,...

President Biden used the G-word. It matters Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan, Armenia: Photo by Amir Kh on Unsplash On April 24,...

The weirdness of selling the home we live in Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash Our house doesn’t feel like our house right now We’re selling...

The weirdness of selling the home we live in Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash Our house doesn’t feel like our house right now We’re selling...

We’re meeting my son’s girlfriend Photo by Malcolm Lightbody on Unsplash Our son, visiting For the first time in a year With his new GF....

We’re meeting my son’s girlfriend Photo by Malcolm Lightbody on Unsplash Our son, visiting For the first time in a year With his new GF....

Well, more like the fountain of not so old Photo by JR Harris on Unsplash I’m not a young thing anymore, and I’m okay with that...

Well, more like the fountain of not so old Photo by JR Harris on Unsplash I’m not a young thing anymore, and I’m okay with that...

Lessons from the last year I hope not to forget The dark winter of 2020–21 is behind us, giving way to an uneven spring. Depending on...

Lessons from the last year I hope not to forget The dark winter of 2020–21 is behind us, giving way to an uneven spring. Depending on...

Post-vaccination masking motivations mage by anncapictures from Pixabay We’ve been shot! Twice! Thank God As an educator as well as a...

Post-vaccination masking motivations mage by anncapictures from Pixabay We’ve been shot! Twice! Thank God As an educator as well as a...

Haiku for patience Photo by billow926 on Unsplash A stimulus check, An appointment for a shot, Independence Day? Where are the markers?...

Haiku for patience Photo by billow926 on Unsplash A stimulus check, An appointment for a shot, Independence Day? Where are the markers?...