John
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Retired |
| Location | Canton, Georgia, United States |
| Introduction | A child of the Sixties, born and reared in the South, I was de-provincialized by college, movements of the day and military conscription. Following military and school my working career spanned four decades in the food business from which I retired in 2002. I knew that in management I was supposed to become Conservative (which meant Republican) but I was not cut from the right fabric and I remained an old-fashioned Liberal. Blogging is my hobby in retirement, providing a scrapbook of interests and a platform for an old man’s pontifications. My first blog, Hootsbuddy's Place, was an eclectic mixture of content which ended in 2009 followed by two group blogs both of which have since become inactive. Facebook and Twitter seem to be replacing blogs. My post-retirement work has been in senior care beginning with five years in an independent retirement community followed by part-time work as a non-medical care-giver. As of January, 2018 I stopped work as a non-medical caregiver and became fully retired, having completed 9 years, during which I had 76 assignments ranging from a few shifts to several lasting over a year. |
| Interests | Current events, international relations, foreign policy, healthcare reform, contemporary history, human behavior |