Jan M. Flynn

Image by Анатолий Стафичук from Pixabay “Summer has always been good to me, even the bittersweet end, with the slanted yellow light.”― Paul Monette, Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir Here in southwestern Idaho at the tail end of July, the light is not so much slanted yellow as it is a faded orange. Somewhere between peach and apricot, really, if those fruits were rolled in ash. The sun rises like an overripe mango and sets in a smear the color of cantaloupe flesh. As I write this

Image by Ajay kumar Singh from Pixabay “Being intelligent in this timeline feels like being awake during surgery.” That was the meme my husband showed me this morning as he scrolled through his feed. Finally, I had words to describe how I’ve been feeling. Not that I’m in physical pain. Nor am I currently struggling in any significant aspect of my life. I’m in good health, my beloved husband is likewise, and my adult children are thriving. I live in a comfortable house in a s

image from pixabay.com “All human suffering buttons itself to the pang of wanting.”― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls So there’s this style of sneakers I’ve been wanting for months now. I glance with ill-disguised envy at the feet of other women wearing them. I need a pair of those sneakers. Well, okay. Not need, in the sense that I go barefoot in winter. Or that I don’t already have sneakers of my own. Several pairs, in fact, which are admittedly still serviceable. But m

Notes from a happy book launch whirlwind and a few lessons learned in the air image courtesy Disney-Hyperion Books "All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope." — Alexandre Dumas If you’re at all curious about what it’s like to get a debut novel off the ground, I’ve got some my-first-rodeo insights to share. If not, the TL,DR here is that my debut novel Griffin Speaker has hit the market and I’m having a blast. Boise’s beloved indie Rediscovered Books hosted a