I Don’t Visit Strip Clubs
As a straight woman of a certain age, you may not find this surprising. But still . . . Having grown up in an era of stupidly rigid norms, I absorbed through my pores the notion that commercial establishments were…
Jan M Flynn
Novels, short stories, essays, high-intensity daydreams. Compulsive reader.
Not That They’re Asking Me, But If They Were
Six Reasons I Won’t Date Younger Men To be clear, I don’t want to date anyone, period. I’m happily married to a man my age. Actually, he’s eight months older. That means that for half of every year, he gets…
Life After Loss
Learning to live past grief: a podcast episode not to miss 1 Whether or not you believe in a soul that survives physical death — some form of consciousness that moves on to another realm of existence, or perhaps diffuses…
I’m Not Mad and I Like You
But you might not know that from the expression on my face “Are you mad at me?” my husband asks. I look up from my laptop, blinking at him in bewilderment. “What? No. Why would I be mad at you?”…
The Big Trip Nobody Wants To Plan
But it’s a journey we all take one day. So let’s talk packing tips Here’s a snippet of an article I read once: A cardiologist gave a speech to a room full of health professionals. “One-quarter of the people in this…