Jan M. Flynn

image: pixabay.com One by one, red states launch their offensives. As of this week, with the passage of Alabama’s and Missouri’s...

image: pixabay.com One by one, red states launch their offensives. As of this week, with the passage of Alabama’s and Missouri’s...

Recently my husband shared with me an article by Mike McQuade in the New York Times, the gist of which was that the cleaner we make our...

Recently my husband shared with me an article by Mike McQuade in the New York Times, the gist of which was that the cleaner we make our...

So, now that we have our government up and running again — at least for a few weeks or until Ann Coulter tweets enough snarks to...

So, now that we have our government up and running again — at least for a few weeks or until Ann Coulter tweets enough snarks to...

If you’ve paid even the most casual attention to the news this week, you’re aware It’s right here in the middle of us. As we check...

If you’ve paid even the most casual attention to the news this week, you’re aware It’s right here in the middle of us. As we check...

Out with the old, in with the new. And you know what has gotten really, really old in the past year or two or three? Division. And I...

Out with the old, in with the new. And you know what has gotten really, really old in the past year or two or three? Division. And I...

The time is at hand. Tomorrow, if you live in the States and just in case you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past six months, is...

The time is at hand. Tomorrow, if you live in the States and just in case you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past six months, is...

Here in Napa Valley, it’s full-on fall. The This is one of those dishes wherein simplicity reigns. It’s easier than pie, and when made...

Here in Napa Valley, it’s full-on fall. The This is one of those dishes wherein simplicity reigns. It’s easier than pie, and when made...

Not these people. They look like a nice couple. He’s named Norm and she’s named Ruth. Apparently he’s a What I am thinking about today,...

Not these people. They look like a nice couple. He’s named Norm and she’s named Ruth. Apparently he’s a What I am thinking about today,...

I tend to stay away from the national policy realm on this blog, as it’s a dispiriting topic. Most of us are over-exposed to our toxic...

I tend to stay away from the national policy realm on this blog, as it’s a dispiriting topic. Most of us are over-exposed to our toxic...

youtube.com Over dinner last week, my husband asked me if I’d heard about the raging global controversy over a white girl in Utah who...

youtube.com Over dinner last week, my husband asked me if I’d heard about the raging global controversy over a white girl in Utah who...