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.
When I’m not bicycling, dealing with paperwork or thinking up ways to spoil our grandchildren, I’ve got a fiction series in the works. I owe you an update, which I promised some time ago. So I finished drafting Book 1, … Continue reading →
You’d never know it was a nonstop suspense thriller, just from the first sentence on the back cover: “College student Joe Talbert is on deadline to complete a writing assignment for an English class…” Waaaaait a minute… eight years ago … Continue reading →
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Tagged Allen Eskens, cold case, college, English course, fiction, Janice C Johnson, murder, mystery, suspense, veteran, Vietnam vet, writing assignment, wrongful conviction
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* Full disclosure: I omitted the word “Worst” here. Last time I told you about attending our son Eric’s Change of Command ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Olympia, Washington. I mentioned we barely got there on time because the … Continue reading →
Posted in I Remember When... (my OWN stories)
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Tagged air travel, airline, annoy, earrings, humor, Janice C Johnson, nuisance, passenger, seat belt, seatmate, travel
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Where was I last week? I’m glad you asked… Our older son, Eric, has served in the US Army for over six years. Last month he called to let us know he would soon be receiving his first command assignment, … Continue reading →
Posted in I Remember When... (my OWN stories)
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Tagged Army, assignment, command, family, field artillery, Ft. Lewis, grandchildren, Janice C Johnson, JBLM, respect, Seattle, travel, Washington
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I just noticed this on my bookshelf and remembered how enthralling I’d found Pamela Moore’s real-life story. Shyer than shy, she resisted surrendering to God’s will through her younger years. She feared having to do something truly terrifying, like serving … Continue reading →
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Tagged adventure, autobiography, Brother Andrew, Christianity, Corrie ten Boom, Faith, freedom, Janice C Johnson, liberty, missionary, missions, narrative, Pamela Rosewell Moore, Safer than a Known Way, surrender, trust
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Last time, I told you about one of the graces surrounding our recent move. Now, as promised, here’s one of the glitches…. My dad, a railroad man who had always done woodworking as a hobby, took up stained glass art … Continue reading →
Posted in I Remember When... (my OWN stories)
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Tagged DIY, humor, lamp, leaded glass, light, light bulb, Murphy's law, night light, project, screen, screwdriver, square screwdriver, stained glass, tools
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