Jan M. Flynn

Last year, my Yule week blog post focused on how our Christmas trees have morphed with the passage of time (see Less Holly, More Jolly if...

With the first shot from the holiday season already arcing over the bow, it seems a good time to revisit a post from the past . . ....

Here comes my favorite holiday: a day devoted entirely to celebrating the people and events and circumstances and things that bring us...

Here comes my favorite holiday: a day devoted entirely to celebrating the people and events and circumstances and things that bring us...

weheartit.com My chest feels tight. My stomach has the wobblies. It scares me to say these things out loud, in public. I’m afraid that...

weheartit.com My chest feels tight. My stomach has the wobblies. It scares me to say these things out loud, in public. I’m afraid that...

Things got bad in NorCal during the past two weeks. Very bad. But in response to all the bad, a number of people — many, many people —...

Things got bad in NorCal during the past two weeks. Very bad. But in response to all the bad, a number of people — many, many people —...

wired.com For the first time in a week, my husband and I woke up to clear skies this morning. We could barely smell the smoke, a reeking,...

wired.com For the first time in a week, my husband and I woke up to clear skies this morning. We could barely smell the smoke, a reeking,...

For the Current Occupant — and I’m sure this is true for leaders of other nations, at least the noisier and nominally democratic ones —...

For the Current Occupant — and I’m sure this is true for leaders of other nations, at least the noisier and nominally democratic ones —...

As I’ve said before, my day job is at a middle school. I have a low threshold of boredom, and in this job it’s not a problem. If you are...

As I’ve said before, my day job is at a middle school. I have a low threshold of boredom, and in this job it’s not a problem. If you are...

Last weekend while many of us were busy managing our anxiety caused by two infantile, ego-possessed world leaders — one of them ours, as...

Last weekend while many of us were busy managing our anxiety caused by two infantile, ego-possessed world leaders — one of them ours, as...

I wrestled with whether or not to post this. It’s a disturbing topic, and one that could so easily become prurient, and I don’t want to...

I wrestled with whether or not to post this. It’s a disturbing topic, and one that could so easily become prurient, and I don’t want to...

It’s only early August, but summer is already spiraling toward its close ever more swiftly, like one of those disappearing wormhole...

It’s only early August, but summer is already spiraling toward its close ever more swiftly, like one of those disappearing wormhole...