Jan M. Flynn

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...

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

pbs.org Here in the USA there is a general sense that our society’s foundations are buckling. The girders supporting the very agreements...

pbs.org Here in the USA there is a general sense that our society’s foundations are buckling. The girders supporting the very agreements...

Last weekend while many of us were busy managing our anxiety caused by two infantile, ego-possessed world leaders — one of them ours, as...

Last weekend while many of us were busy managing our anxiety caused by two infantile, ego-possessed world leaders — one of them ours, as...

I wrestled with whether or not to post this. It’s a disturbing topic, and one that could so easily become prurient, and I don’t want to...

I wrestled with whether or not to post this. It’s a disturbing topic, and one that could so easily become prurient, and I don’t want to...