Author Archives: Jan C. Johnson

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About Jan C. Johnson

Welcome! If you like food, reading, laughing over life's little disasters, and maybe thinking about the bigger things of life, you have come to the right place. Besides blogging, I write humorous fiction, though real life tends to leave fictional humor in the shade. But I'm not a total goofball. No, really. I've also written a most riveting memoir--not mine, which would be boring, but rather the life story of an obscure pastor in Liberia, West Africa. His hair-raising memories of the Liberian Civil War years make for some suspenseful reading! Discover more under the "My Books" tab. I live in North Texas with my husband, Brent. We enjoy bicycling, Mexican food, and traveling to visit our kids and grandkids.

Mother of Pearl, by Kellie Coates Gilbert

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Jan C. Johnson

Barrie Graeber is called out of a high school faculty meeting and given the horrible news: her teenage daughter, Pearl, has been killed in a one-car accident. For a parent, it cannot get any worse than that, right? Wrong. It … Continue reading →

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Mom’s Bowl

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Jan C. Johnson

Looking for something to toss a salad in, I pulled the middle Corningware mixing bowl from a set in the cabinet. The set belonged to my mother. Later, I washed the bowl and turned it up in the dish rack. … Continue reading →

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Faux-tatoes and Other Impostors

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Jan C. Johnson

As I’ve mentioned before, I am not a food blogger. But this time I can’t keep my opinions to myself. In our quest for the ideal, healthy diet, there’s a lot of experimenting going on in our kitchen. Of particular … Continue reading →

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Dancing Shoes, by Lynne Gentry

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Jan C. Johnson

Now that Leona Harper is no longer “The Pastor’s Wife,” just who is she? The third in Lynne Gentry‘s “Mt. Hope Southern Adventures” series, this story follows recently-widowed Leona as she rises from the ashes of grief, so to speak, … Continue reading →

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Totality: Unlikely Events

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Jan C. Johnson

As I told you Monday, Brent and I drove to Missouri to see the solar eclipse. A solar eclipse is an unlikely event requiring three objects moving through space to be lined up just so. This is why we don’t … Continue reading →

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Eclipsed by My Own Words

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Jan C. Johnson

Today I’m in my mother’s hometown, which happens to be right in the path of total solar eclipse. I feel like the luckiest person in the world to be here, but I’m definitely playing hooky from writing. I’ll give you … Continue reading →

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