Jan M. Flynn

pinterest.com My fitness tracker has stopped communicating with my smart phone, which is fine with me.  I frankly do not need a gizmo to...

I’m not talking turkey here, or Day of the Dead, and certainly not Black Friday (which I abhor, but that’s a topic for another time....

I’m not talking turkey here, or Day of the Dead, and certainly not Black Friday (which I abhor, but that’s a topic for another time....

weheartit.com My chest feels tight. My stomach has the wobblies. It scares me to say these things out loud, in public. I’m afraid that...

weheartit.com My chest feels tight. My stomach has the wobblies. It scares me to say these things out loud, in public. I’m afraid that...

Things got bad in NorCal during the past two weeks. Very bad. But in response to all the bad, a number of people — many, many people —...

Things got bad in NorCal during the past two weeks. Very bad. But in response to all the bad, a number of people — many, many people —...

wired.com For the first time in a week, my husband and I woke up to clear skies this morning. We could barely smell the smoke, a reeking,...

wired.com For the first time in a week, my husband and I woke up to clear skies this morning. We could barely smell the smoke, a reeking,...

ignatianspirituality.com What is it about beginning something that is so fraught? Especially, very most especially, a writing project....

ignatianspirituality.com What is it about beginning something that is so fraught? Especially, very most especially, a writing project....

For the Current Occupant — and I’m sure this is true for leaders of other nations, at least the noisier and nominally democratic ones —...

For the Current Occupant — and I’m sure this is true for leaders of other nations, at least the noisier and nominally democratic ones —...

It’s Sunday and I’m lounging in my favorite chair in front of the fireplace, sipping a perfect cup of coffee and munching, in a leisurely...

It’s Sunday and I’m lounging in my favorite chair in front of the fireplace, sipping a perfect cup of coffee and munching, in a leisurely...

Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it, right? pinterest.com Lately the weather seems bent on making life...

Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it, right? pinterest.com Lately the weather seems bent on making life...

As I’ve said before, my day job is at a middle school. I have a low threshold of boredom, and in this job it’s not a problem. If you are...

As I’ve said before, my day job is at a middle school. I have a low threshold of boredom, and in this job it’s not a problem. If you are...

digital.vpr.net Here in Northern California, the weather has been freakishly hot. As in, bizarrely hot. The kind of heat you get in...