Jan M. Flynn

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...

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...

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...

If you’ve paid even the most casual attention to the news this week, you’re aware It’s right here in the middle of us. As we check...

If you’ve paid even the most casual attention to the news this week, you’re aware It’s right here in the middle of us. As we check...

Actually, I know when it started. I began my long-anticipated winter break, one of the primo perks of a job in education, on December 19....

Actually, I know when it started. I began my long-anticipated winter break, one of the primo perks of a job in education, on December 19....