Jan M. Flynn

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....

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,...

Don’t worry. This post is not 50,000 words long. It’s a shout-out to NanoWrimo, or National Novel Writing Month, which is in its last...

Don’t worry. This post is not 50,000 words long. It’s a shout-out to NanoWrimo, or National Novel Writing Month, which is in its last...

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