Jan M. Flynn

pexels.com I’m grateful for all I gain from the time I spend with friends at various points along life’s road: the little kids, with...

pexels.com I’m grateful for all I gain from the time I spend with friends at various points along life’s road: the little kids, with...

Returning from a visit to family on the Central Coast, my husband and I take a leisurely route home, heading north along Highway 1. This...

Returning from a visit to family on the Central Coast, my husband and I take a leisurely route home, heading north along Highway 1. This...

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...

I carve out some time every morning to sit. Nothing special or mystical. I just sit there. Sometimes I listen to a guided meditation, or...

I carve out some time every morning to sit. Nothing special or mystical. I just sit there. Sometimes I listen to a guided meditation, or...

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...

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...

“Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up.” —  Ernest Hemingway reddit.com Hemingway made it...

“Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up.” —  Ernest Hemingway reddit.com Hemingway made it...

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...