John Jay
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Language teacher and translator |
| Location | Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Introduction | Born and raised in Virginia, taught to love God and respect my elders, I learned young that sharing chocolate puts a discordant world in order. Family history, connections, knowing where your people came from and how you are related to everybody else in the county was what made us proper. Still, which way you rode your saddle could be a source of sideways glances. But, if you were a good boy nonetheless and tried your hardest, your heart got blessed without end. I miss the buckets of good things about the South, but a desire for exploration triumphed over settling there. Finding my freedom around the globe while carrying treasured memories of home was my ticket to survival, yet from far across the sea, I'm beginning to feel a yearning to go back to where I started, to complete what I was searching for all along. |
| Interests | This box isn't big enough to answer this. When you have ADHD, it is hard to have merely one interest; I'd implode if I only had one thing to focus on. I've tinkered with many interests in my life and had gone through a plethora of them by the time I was already 16. and I dabble in them all today, except piano - gave that one up. Too painful for the neighbors. Museums make my day, baking soothes my depressions, chocolate anything (minus coconut) allows others a chance to get a word in edgewise. Architectural history keeps my eyes looking upward, dynastic and bigraphical histories keep them buried in books (and temporarily cancel out my ADHD). Coffee in the bistro car of a train snaking through the Alps on its way to an alpine hiking destination focuses me on the present. Laughing myself silly remembering escapades of youth with old friends heals the soul, while wandering the streets of medieval Strasbourg takes me into the romantic stories of old that dwell within my mind. And on and on and on… |
| Favorite Books | "Chicken Every Sunday" by Rosemary Taylor |