Jan M. Flynn

I can’t be the only one . . . Photo by M.T ElGassier on Unsplash I’ve been focusing on gratitude this month, in both my writing and my...

I can’t be the only one . . . Photo by M.T ElGassier on Unsplash I’ve been focusing on gratitude this month, in both my writing and my...

On finding light in the darkness Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay “Hi, I’m an electronic refugee,” I say to the woman at the...

On finding light in the darkness Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay “Hi, I’m an electronic refugee,” I say to the woman at the...

Photo by Mahkeo on Unsplash But it may be a front-row seat to the end of the world. Last year, my oldest son, who is both single and an...

Photo by Mahkeo on Unsplash But it may be a front-row seat to the end of the world. Last year, my oldest son, who is both single and an...

Above is the photo I just texted my kids. It’s not a great photo, obviously, and I probably should at least have cleaned off the...

Above is the photo I just texted my kids. It’s not a great photo, obviously, and I probably should at least have cleaned off the...

Here in the northern half of Napa Valley — what locals call upvalley — spring break is underway. Yes, schools are out this week, but...

Here in the northern half of Napa Valley — what locals call upvalley — spring break is underway. Yes, schools are out this week, but...

Did you, like me, wake up this morning as grouchy as a bear after hibernation? And just as hungry? Except that unlike the bear, you...

Did you, like me, wake up this morning as grouchy as a bear after hibernation? And just as hungry? Except that unlike the bear, you...

I meet a new colleague at work. She’s friendly and engaging and appreciates every  helpful gesture I make as she finds her way around the...

I meet a new colleague at work. She’s friendly and engaging and appreciates every  helpful gesture I make as she finds her way around the...

For anyone reading this who lives in a region beset by actual wintertime, I ask My husband and I have no room for a full-size citrus tree...

For anyone reading this who lives in a region beset by actual wintertime, I ask My husband and I have no room for a full-size citrus tree...

When it comes to lifestyle trends, I can be counted on to be late to the party. So it has only been in the past few weeks that I have at...

When it comes to lifestyle trends, I can be counted on to be late to the party. So it has only been in the past few weeks that I have at...

Shortly after I married my first (late, not ex) husband Richard I was introduced to Held in early December, for a few years the luncheon...

Shortly after I married my first (late, not ex) husband Richard I was introduced to Held in early December, for a few years the luncheon...