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.

Hurry Up and Slow Down

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Jan C. Johnson

I don’t know what it is about summer. All the rushing around, packing too much activity into a week. In normal times I can be easily distracted, but in the summer even my interruptions get interrupted. No excuse, either, as … Continue reading →

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“Rooms” (Book Review)

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Jan C. Johnson

Okay, this was one of the best vacation reads ever. I started it on the way to Colorado and then read it all the way home on the plane. Not quite finished when we got to the gate, I pulled … Continue reading →

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View from a Bleak Peak

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Jan C. Johnson

It’s a blog party! I’m linking up with Jen and the Soli Deo Gloria girls today. C’mon over! Brent and I celebrated our anniversary last week with a vacation trip to Colorado. In the flurry of excitement and trying to … Continue reading →

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To Molt, or Not to Molt?

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Jan C. Johnson

The other day when I went out to feed the dogs I found this lying on the ground: It took me a second to realize it was a grasshopper’s discarded exoskeleton and not a sawed-off mutant gecko, or worse. The … Continue reading →

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Relay

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Jan C. Johnson

Okay, can you stand one more post about my one-and-only relay triathlon? And then I’m done. No, really; I promise. Not another word. It’s just that, a week or so after the event, I had one of those little “light-bulb” … Continue reading →

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How Did a Middle-Aged Civilian in Texas Get PTSD?

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Jan C. Johnson

I first noticed it way back on Memorial Day, before heading home from the triathlon in Austin. Heather and I had stopped for a late lunch in Round Rock. When I got up to find the ladies’ room, I asked … Continue reading →

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