Jan M. Flynn

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...

But if you do, it'll be dumb luck Wait — am I in a Blue Zone or do I just look that way? Image by Lisa Yount from Pixabay What do...

Did I miss anything? Image by Marilyn Stoner from Pixabay Nine days ago, I stepped off a plane in Lihue, Kauai That’s the nicest of the...

Or maybe I don't . . . These guys probably have longer attention spans than we do by now: Image by Pexels from Pixabay I know, it’s a...

Because my shadow side wrote this Image by Flash Alexander from Pixabay Over the decades I’ve spent thousands of hours, not to mention...

Trust me, this one will make you feel good Image by miezekieze from Pixabay Celebrate it, mourn it, or some combo of both, 2024 is about...

Proving the world I live in is not at all the media's hellscape Image by Tumiso from Pixabay It’s another cold, gray day and I am fully...

Image by Seergei Tokmakov, Esq. on Pixabay Overheard at the bipedal pet park on a spring day in 2035: “Don’t worry, mine’s friendly.”...

Anger and despair feel powerful: joy and hope are stronger Image by NoName_13 from Pixabay This piece is for those of us who, like me,...