Jon Tilley

@jtilley80

American living in Baden-Württemberg. Husband. Father. MBA. Internationalist. Learning to write. Learning to be German.

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Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Jul 11

Every year, the Marquad festival celebrates the founding of our town. Swabian wife and I had a blast last night. Including a bunch of old timers in a cover band singing Backstreet Boys.

Me, enjoying bier and a porkstake in Brötchen

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Jul 5

Update. Taco Sunday.

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Jul 4

Kafka's beetle from Metamorphosis, saying, "Scheisse erst mal erst mal zum Hausarzt"

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Jul 4

Also, we celebrated with the most American snack possible. I should have sprinkled them on a hot dog.

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Jun 21

Daughter sent me this. The Swabians dug too deep.

Stuttgart 21 construction workers fleeing the Balrog that they unearthed.

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Jun 20

💪 Sometimes you need a Stuttgarter to get the job done.

Undav celebrating his goal against the Ivory Coast

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Jun 19

Looking forward to some soccer tonight!

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Jun 19

If you're wondering what the role of the legislative branch of government in the USA is, currently, this quote captures it.

Sen. James Lankford: “We’ve got to have a vote of Congress to be able to solidify [it], long term.” Which is to say, the Republican senator from Oklahoma believes that Congress’ job is simply to “solidify” that which passes out of the executive branch, as if the Senate were a dose of legislative Imodium.

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Jun 14

My second Heimat has four starts. Time for another? Auf geht's!

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Jun 6

You've seen "Die Hard," but have you seen...

Rittersport Candy bar with the words "DIE INTENSIVE" on the packaging (among other German words)

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· May 24

"Pentecost", by Malcom Guite

Pentecost

Today we feel the wind beneath our wings
Today the hidden fountain flows and plays
Today the church draws breath at last and sings
As every flame becomes a Tongue of praise.
This is the feast of fire,air, and water
Poured out and breathed and kindled into earth.
The earth herself awakens to her maker
And is translated out of death to birth.
The right words come today in their right order
And every word spells freedom and release
Today the gospel crosses every border
All tongues are loosened by the Prince of Peace
Today the lost are found in His translation.

Whose mother tongue is Love in every nation.

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· May 22

Our new neighbor, hard at work, building her house like a good Swabian.

Picture taken from our balcony of a Magpie building nest in a Magnolia tree.

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· May 21

Quote with a fictional band that isn't Spinal Tap.

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· May 12

Queen. She speaks for all of us "wenn jemand so krank ist, dass er das Haus nicht verlassen kann, dann muss das System zu ihm kommen." #LiegendDemo #Stuttgart #Me/CFS #LongCovid

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· May 12

For anyone saying I'm not Integrationsfähig, check out what I got at my Arbeitskantine today. #Spargelzeit

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· May 10

A big of hope from the Konfiparty. Happy Resurrection Day, folks.

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· May 9

My amazing Swabian wife is representing our daughter at the #LiegendDemo in #Stuttgart, who is homebound. But...

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· May 9

Es geht um.... #LiegendDemo #ME/CFS #LongCovid

1. Eine großangelegte, niedrigschwellige Aufklärungskampagne über ME/CFS durch das Bundesinstitut für Öffentliche Gesundheit
(BIÖG).
2. Die verbindliche Integration von ME/CFS in das Medizinstudium.
3. Eine umfassende Förderung der biomedizinischen ME/CFS-
Forschung durch die Politik, um der Schwere der Erkrankung und ihrer hohen Krankheitslast andemessen entaedenzuwirken.
4. Der Zugang zu Off-Label-Medikamenten für alle an ME/CFS erkrankten Menschen - unabhängig vom Auslöser - sowie deren Kostenübernahme durch die Krankenkassen.
5. Eine Versorgung durch Kompetenzzentren und interdisziplinäre Ambulanzen, die eine flächendeckende Betreuung von Betroffenen sicherstellen.
6. Die Bekanntmachung und der Ausbau von Fortbildungsangeboten für Ärzt*innen (z. B. an der Charité) sowie verpflichtende Fortbildungen für Krankenhaus- und ambulantes Pflegepersonal zum Thema ME/CFS.
6. Die Bekanntmachung und der Ausbau von Fortbildungsangeboten für Arzt*innen (z. B. an der Charité) sowie verpflichtende Fortbildungen für Krankenhaus- und ambulantes Pflegepersonal zum Thema ME/CFS.
7. Eine ambulante pflegerische Versorgung für ME/CFS-
Betroffene sowie entlastende Unterstützung ihrer Angehörigen durch psychosoziale Betreuung, Beratungsangebote und Hilfe bei der Organisation des Alltags.
8. Die verbindliche Berücksichtigung der Post-Exertionalen
Malaise (PEM) bei ME/CFS in den Bewertungskriterien von Gutachter*innen aller Fachrichtungen (z. B. Medizinischer Dienst).
9. Die Aufnahme von ME/CFS in die versorgungsmedizinischen Grundsätze, die als Orientierung für den Grad der Behinderung dienen.

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· May 8

Me, an American:

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· May 8

Germany peeps, May 12 is ME/CFS Day (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, which has risen dramatically since Covid). You may see a #Liegenddemo in your city this weekend. Remember the countless ME/CFS sufferers, like my daughter, who they represent. mecfs-info.my.canva.site#start-linkce...

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· May 4

Showed my 11-year-old this catalogue pic of what the cool kids were wearing when I was 11. We used to be a proper country.

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Apr 27

It's a bit too on-the-nose.

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Apr 26

It's the Plochinger Frühling, y'all. Properly enjoyed my town's spring festival. Prost, everyone!

Me, enjoying a Hefeweizen in the Plochingen market square, with the spring festival and the May Pole in the background.

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Apr 19

It doesn't matter, because I got Schwäbischer Whisky from the Genussmarkt today. Prost everyone!

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Apr 10

Share a Preacher, Nun, or Priest:

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Apr 10

A mirror my daughter made a few years ago, with the right message if not the right grammar.

A small, round mirror decorated with seashells saying, "your loved"

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Apr 6

Fastenzeit ist vorbei! (Yes, I know my T-shirt is out of season)

Me, with a cup of gelato, in front of our local ice cream shop, with a sign that says "Love, Peace & more Gelato per favore"

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Apr 5

...And trying homemade Birne Moscht (Pear Cider) from my wife's Tante.

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Apr 5

As was "falsche Hase" for lunch....

Jon Tilley@jtilley80· Apr 5

Highlights of Easter included getting to lead worship at our church services (daughter & Schwägerin also in the band). Homemade Easter cards are also a highlight.