Jan M. Flynn

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...

If you have yet to hear about Marie Kondo, then you’ve been hiding under a rock, or more probably, a mountain of clutter. Kondo’s...

If you have yet to hear about Marie Kondo, then you’ve been hiding under a rock, or more probably, a mountain of clutter. Kondo’s...

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...

You know those hard-to-resist online tests that purport to uncover something about you? Like, what your first name says about you or who...

You know those hard-to-resist online tests that purport to uncover something about you? Like, what your first name says about you or who...

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...

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...

Maybe you celebrate Christmas. Maybe you observe Chanukah, or Kwanzaa, or Unless you live in the Antipodes where it’s surfing season, the...

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...

I meditate daily, sometimes using nothing but a timer and sometimes using one Many guided meditations have a theme: joy, lovingkindness,...

I meditate daily, sometimes using nothing but a timer and sometimes using one Many guided meditations have a theme: joy, lovingkindness,...

As I write this, we are driving south to the Monterey Peninsula to celebrate Thanksgiving with a couple of branches of our family tree....