Jan M. Flynn

Image by Leopictures  from Pixabay I’m walking to clear my head.  Once again, it has collected debris. There are sticky patches inside my...

Image by Wynn Pointaux from Pixabay I’m writing this on the eve of what is certain to be a historic day. It may well signal a tipping...

Image created with ChatGPT Image Generator (AI is good for some things, after all) “The past is never dead. It’s not even...

Image by Norbert Pietsch  from Pixabay If you’re a woman of a certain age who is anywhere near social media these days, the algorithms...

How about we all show up on time for online meetings? Image by Angeles Balaguer from Pixabay Prior to 2020, video conferencing was still...

The GOP Reconciliation bill: Worse than a poison pill I’m sure you’re aware that the House of Representatives passed its hotly contested...

Image by Stefan Schweihofer from Pixabay Here’s a one-item quiz. Not long ago, if you had told me I was out of control, I would have...

Avoid falling victim to the Qatari Jumbo Jet Con There’s a sucker born every minute, but they aren’t usually President: image created in...

Image created in ChatGPT Image Creator Panem et circenses — bread and circuses. Sound familiar? Attributed to a Roman poet and satirist,...

One of the more modest of DJT’s alter egos: AI image created in ChatGPT image generator Pay no attention to those plunging poll numbers ,...

Pretty sure the Devil made this one Image by Airgil Daviss  from Pixabay The river birch tree we planted in our yard fifteen years ago...

See what I mean? Barcelona storefront; photo by author Along with everything else we Yanks have yanking our chains right now, I’m hearing...

Image by Pexels  from Pixabay I laced up my shoes, slathered on my sunscreen, grabbed my visor and sunglasses. Then I hit the “Outdoor...

This pic does for me what images of spiders do to arachnophobes. Photo by Andres Ayrton on Pexels https://www.pexels.com/photo/plus-size-...

Image by Colleen Conger from Pixabay Earlier this month, I visited Monticello My husband and I were visiting a friend in...

Because as you age, falling down hurts more than your dignity — learn what you need to know Image by OpenIcons from Pixabay Icy parking...

Without a word, she changed my life Image by Pexels from Pixabay A drizzly October afternoon in Paris. My husband and I have arrived on...

Reality is both much grander and more astonishing than we think Photo by Ivan Rojas on  Pexels The nightmare arises in daylight now  ...

There is no excuse to let our syntax standards down My well-worn coffee mug NEVER feels badly. Photo by author I understand your plight....

I have an announcement, and it's GOOD news If you’re a writer with ambitions of traditional book publishing, then you know about...