Category Archives: Near As I Can Figure…

Drought. Flood. Next?

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Jan C. Johnson

I wondered. Should I even bother to write about Texas’s out-of-control May weather? After all, just about everybody in North America has seen photos and video of cars washed over to the side of freeways, helicopter rescues, whitewater parking lots, … Continue reading →

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Baby Steps to Fitness

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Jan C. Johnson

Two months ago I passed an anniversary that I was too tired to notice until now. Yep, it’d been one year since I joined the Main Street Gym in Midlothian, Texas. Shortly after signing up I met with a trainer … Continue reading →

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“Stats” or Bridge?

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Jan C. Johnson

A couple of weeks ago I blogged about my book giveaway drawing… you know, the drawing nobody entered? Well, I wrote about it partly to tell you where the book ended up, and partly in the interests of full disclosure–I … Continue reading →

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“Real Talk” — Really.

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Jan C. Johnson

“Real Talk” for Women, the flyer at church said. The evening gathering would be the first of its kind. The flyer went on, Real Talk. Real Conversation. Real Women. To be honest, I wasn’t optimistic. In fact, I almost didn’t … Continue reading →

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A Reputation Not Your Own

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Jan C. Johnson

“Grow up!” Back in the first century, the apostle Paul wrote a really long letter to the church in Corinth. If I had to sum up the sixteen chapters in two words, I’d say he was telling them to Grow … Continue reading →

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Lifestyle or “Statement?”

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Jan C. Johnson

Lately I’ve been seeing lots of kerfluffle about “minimalism.” Premise: we Americans tend to live with way too much stuff. Endlessly marketed to, we buy into the idea that we must have more, bigger, better… stuff. Yet the stuff we … Continue reading →

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