The Serious Value of Silliness
Lessons from my inner five-year-old You may have noticed that the world is kind of a mess lately. Lately, as in the past five years, or the past 30, or the past 500. Climate change, pandemic, the disastrous end of a…
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Dear Stacey Abrams, I Can Explain
I am about to register as a Republican. It’s not what you think Ms. Abrams, you are one of my heroes. If the world were a degree more rational or just, you would be governor of Georgia right now. The 2018…
Life is a Road Trip
Thinking of it that way is my key to sanity This week, I confess I have fallen into error It’s a mistake I have made, alas, many times over. It has to do with taking myself seriously. That leads to brooding…
Allow Me to Explain
Regarding wombats, unicycles, karma, and kitchen sinks There’s a reason you’re looking at a wombat I can explain. As you may know, I also write on Medium.com (you can find me there using the search bar under my profile, @janmflynn1537).…
Can We Come Out Now?
Ready or not, it’s a different world My friends and I take a table outside and scan the posted QR code Three-dimensional menus are largely a casualty of the pandemic. It’s a small but pervasive shift, one of the reminders that…