Jan M. Flynn

Instead of sleeping in on Saturday morning, I board a bus heading to a town in California’s Central Valley with other volunteers with the...

Instead of sleeping in on Saturday morning, I board a bus heading to a town in California’s Central Valley with other volunteers with the...

slate.com It’s a Friday afternoon and I’m sitting in my office at the middle school. Across from me sits a mutinous sixth-grade girl who...

slate.com It’s a Friday afternoon and I’m sitting in my office at the middle school. Across from me sits a mutinous sixth-grade girl who...

hbook.com My husband and I are on a working vacation this week, spending a good chunk of it in our former neighborhood in Boise, Idaho...

hbook.com My husband and I are on a working vacation this week, spending a good chunk of it in our former neighborhood in Boise, Idaho...

I had a dinner date on Saturday night, at Tamber Bey Vineyards, a winery in lovely Calistoga. The weather was warm, the scenery and...

I had a dinner date on Saturday night, at Tamber Bey Vineyards, a winery in lovely Calistoga. The weather was warm, the scenery and...

As spring swells toward summer, seems like a good time to revisit a previous post. Happy to say I’m still at it! Getting in shape,...

As spring swells toward summer, seems like a good time to revisit a previous post. Happy to say I’m still at it! Getting in shape,...

I assume that you are fond of wine. Given the current stats, according to the Wine Institute — the per capita consumption of wine in the...

I assume that you are fond of wine. Given the current stats, according to the Wine Institute — the per capita consumption of wine in the...

Dear, we have to talk about the Beaver. No, not this one: avclub.com This one: kids.nationalgeographic.com Beavers, it turns out, have...

Dear, we have to talk about the Beaver. No, not this one: avclub.com This one: kids.nationalgeographic.com Beavers, it turns out, have...

lynnesheffield.com Back in February, I blogged about slogging along with the first draft of my second novel (working title: Glory Days),...

lynnesheffield.com Back in February, I blogged about slogging along with the first draft of my second novel (working title: Glory Days),...

courtesy RottenTomatoes.com Have you had this experience? You’ve been thinking deeply about something; maybe you’ve been a little...

courtesy RottenTomatoes.com Have you had this experience? You’ve been thinking deeply about something; maybe you’ve been a little...

Yesterday was a beautiful day. Not just in the sense of good weather and lovely scenery — those things are pretty much standard issue in...

Yesterday was a beautiful day. Not just in the sense of good weather and lovely scenery — those things are pretty much standard issue in...