Jeannie Renée Bastian— The Write Stuff. No Bluff! Wanna Find Out More About Me? Read My Writers’ Profile (Bio)Check Out My Home Page! NEW Articles Are Added to My Home Page Weekly.Hey!!! Don't Forget to Visit My Home Page!
I was born a cool surfer chic in Cali, but yanked from the good life before I was knee high and raised in the Chicago ‘burbs. I busted out of the midwest after college and lived in Europe for more than half a decade and had myself a blast. I recently relocated stateside to sunny Florida. My stint in Europe included two years in Slovenia (Ljubljana), three years in the city of mussels, (Brussels, Belgium) and a very long (wet and dreary) 16 months in the midlands of U.K. Unintentionally, I kept moving further east and figured that I would eventually end up drinking vodka with das comrades. I am now safely back in good ole U. S. of A in tropical Florida, enjoying leisurely beach strolls and ample pitchers of margaritas & shots of tequila. Dos mas por favor! There is no place like home!
During my stint overseas, I was active in international publishing, working as a freelance journalist and copy editor, as well as the Editor-in-Chief for an expat mag in Brussels. I was also involved in many nonprofit charity organizations. Good karma kinda thing. ‘Course I took time out to tour the continent and party with some of the best people an American girl could ever met. Not gonna name drop ‘cause that is sooooooo lame, but I met my fair share of amazing peeps and am honored to call them compadres. And I’ll say this… hobnobbing has its merits. Anyone who sez otherwise never did the Tango with the Ambassador, slammed a shot (or three) of JD with the British Ministry of Defense, played NL Texas Hold ‘Em with the president of the Bank of Austria, skied black runs (and survived) with a wicked extreme crew in SLO, or had the enchanting opportunity to listen to the Cardinal tell his off colored tale ‘bout a rabbi, a minister, and a ho'. SPICY! This last one I jest!
An animal lover and former professional Grand Prix equestrian, my second passion is the arts — fine, music, and the languages. A modestly talented, yet amateur artist with never enough time to fine hone my skills and musical challenged abilities, which has resorted me to be merely a music “enthusiast†rather than musician, literature is perhaps my strong suit. Check out my writing on my home page: JeannieRenee.com .
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