Jan M. Flynn

‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the land Our knowledge was warped because words had been banned. The experts who were...

Last year, my Yule week blog post focused on how our Christmas trees have morphed with the passage of time (see Less Holly, More Jolly if...

Last year, my Yule week blog post focused on how our Christmas trees have morphed with the passage of time (see Less Holly, More Jolly if...

forums.mtbr.com Bing Bing is the name my husband and I gave to the skilled nursing facility where he was an inmate, I mean patient, for...

forums.mtbr.com Bing Bing is the name my husband and I gave to the skilled nursing facility where he was an inmate, I mean patient, for...

wikimedia.org If you’re a fan of Stranger Things, you’re familiar with the creepy netherworld referred to as the Upside Down. It’s the...

wikimedia.org If you’re a fan of Stranger Things, you’re familiar with the creepy netherworld referred to as the Upside Down. It’s the...

With the first shot from the holiday season already arcing over the bow, it seems a good time to revisit a post from the past . . ....

Here comes my favorite holiday: a day devoted entirely to celebrating the people and events and circumstances and things that bring us...

Here comes my favorite holiday: a day devoted entirely to celebrating the people and events and circumstances and things that bring us...

I read recently about a Japanese man named Fumio Sasaki who, in the interests of mental clarity, has resolved to possess no more than 150...

I read recently about a Japanese man named Fumio Sasaki who, in the interests of mental clarity, has resolved to possess no more than 150...

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...

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 —...