John Sam Jones 🏴 🇩🇪 🏳️🌈
@johnsamjones.bsky.social
I’m a Welsh German… or maybe a German Welshman. I write books. I sometimes win prizes for writing books. I bake. I knit. I’ve been married to my husband for 18 years - we’ve been together 38! Cymro oddi cartref.
39 years… from Liverpool via North Wales to Germany. Quite an adventure…
December 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
39 years… from Liverpool via North Wales to Germany. Quite an adventure…
Three years ago today I had my cancerous prostate gland surgically removed - by a robot called DaVinci.
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Three years ago today I had my cancerous prostate gland surgically removed - by a robot called DaVinci.
#baking
So, today I made some mincemeat- can’t buy it here in Deutschland unless I pay a silly price in the ‘British Shelf’. And I baked a rich fruit cake which will double up as a Christmas Cake.
So, today I made some mincemeat- can’t buy it here in Deutschland unless I pay a silly price in the ‘British Shelf’. And I baked a rich fruit cake which will double up as a Christmas Cake.
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
#baking
So, today I made some mincemeat- can’t buy it here in Deutschland unless I pay a silly price in the ‘British Shelf’. And I baked a rich fruit cake which will double up as a Christmas Cake.
So, today I made some mincemeat- can’t buy it here in Deutschland unless I pay a silly price in the ‘British Shelf’. And I baked a rich fruit cake which will double up as a Christmas Cake.
Ameland… North Sea. A beautiful day at the beach.
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Ameland… North Sea. A beautiful day at the beach.
@arachnepress.bsky.social
Making me more than a little homesick. Diolch yn fawr.
Making me more than a little homesick. Diolch yn fawr.
July 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
@arachnepress.bsky.social
Making me more than a little homesick. Diolch yn fawr.
Making me more than a little homesick. Diolch yn fawr.
34 degrees on our terrace right now!
June 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
34 degrees on our terrace right now!
Danke Frau Dr von der Leyen.
I call on the Hungarian authorities to allow the Budapest Pride to go ahead.
Without fear of any criminal or administrative sanctions against the organisers or participants.
To the LGBTIQ+ community in Hungary and beyond:
I will always be your ally.
Without fear of any criminal or administrative sanctions against the organisers or participants.
To the LGBTIQ+ community in Hungary and beyond:
I will always be your ally.
June 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Danke Frau Dr von der Leyen.
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I’m hoping we won’t be cold this winter… each is 100% wool.
I’m hoping we won’t be cold this winter… each is 100% wool.
June 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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This one I made over a three month period last year. My husband likes bright and gay!
This one I made over a three month period last year. My husband likes bright and gay!
June 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Knitting 🧶
Aran Gansey… 5ply Gansey yarn from Frangipani. Sorry no instructions - it all came from my head.
Aran Gansey… 5ply Gansey yarn from Frangipani. Sorry no instructions - it all came from my head.
June 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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April 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Hello from Forster in New South Wales.
April 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hello from Forster in New South Wales.
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April 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The Orchid Garden at Singapore’s Botanical Gardens today… just three photos from the ‘too many’ that I took.
March 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Orchid Garden at Singapore’s Botanical Gardens today… just three photos from the ‘too many’ that I took.
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March 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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We’re in Thailand.
March 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We’re in Thailand.
I follow @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social and every day I look into the eyes of people from across Europe that the Nazi regime humiliated, tortured and murdered! It’s ironic that often, between the Auschwitz posts I see the faces of Trump, Vance, Hegseth re-posted telling modern day tales of fascism.
March 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I follow @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social and every day I look into the eyes of people from across Europe that the Nazi regime humiliated, tortured and murdered! It’s ironic that often, between the Auschwitz posts I see the faces of Trump, Vance, Hegseth re-posted telling modern day tales of fascism.
Post you from a different era… 1984… just returned to the UK after three years in the San Francisco Bay Area.
March 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Post you from a different era… 1984… just returned to the UK after three years in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Diolch yn fawr Mr Rosenberg a Mr Jenkins…
For St David’s Day we present our latest Channel 4 News/BBC News long-distance musical collaboration. Ciaran Jenkins (cello) is in Glasgow and I’m in Moscow (on the piano). Together we play Myfanwy. @c4ciaran.bsky.social
Myfanwy - 'The greatest love song ever written" - cello and piano
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Diolch yn fawr Mr Rosenberg a Mr Jenkins…
#dogsofBluesky
Nel loved chasing squirrels - until one bit her on her nose! She was a feisty dog… very affectionate, but only on her terms… stroke her uninvited and she’d growl her dissatisfaction… but she never snapped at anyone… she was 13 when she died.
Nel loved chasing squirrels - until one bit her on her nose! She was a feisty dog… very affectionate, but only on her terms… stroke her uninvited and she’d growl her dissatisfaction… but she never snapped at anyone… she was 13 when she died.
February 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#dogsofBluesky
Nel loved chasing squirrels - until one bit her on her nose! She was a feisty dog… very affectionate, but only on her terms… stroke her uninvited and she’d growl her dissatisfaction… but she never snapped at anyone… she was 13 when she died.
Nel loved chasing squirrels - until one bit her on her nose! She was a feisty dog… very affectionate, but only on her terms… stroke her uninvited and she’d growl her dissatisfaction… but she never snapped at anyone… she was 13 when she died.
#dogsofBluesky
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I hope this makes you smile. Go well - have a good day… and remember, 80% of the people who voted yesterday in Germany voted against fascism.
fb.watch/xYeUOEF_e8/?
I hope this makes you smile. Go well - have a good day… and remember, 80% of the people who voted yesterday in Germany voted against fascism.
fb.watch
February 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
#dogsofBluesky
fb.watch/xYeUOEF_e8/?
I hope this makes you smile. Go well - have a good day… and remember, 80% of the people who voted yesterday in Germany voted against fascism.
fb.watch/xYeUOEF_e8/?
I hope this makes you smile. Go well - have a good day… and remember, 80% of the people who voted yesterday in Germany voted against fascism.
80% voted to have nothing to do with the AfD…
February 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM
80% voted to have nothing to do with the AfD…
I’m thinking of leaving Bluesky as there’s so much reposting from…. I’ll miss the #digsofBluesky and the 🧶…
February 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I’m thinking of leaving Bluesky as there’s so much reposting from…. I’ll miss the #digsofBluesky and the 🧶…
Dankeschön Annette Dittert.
Why it is time to say goodbye to Germany as an oasis of stability, and why ironically it was JD Vance in Munich who might have helped the centrist parties to get a grip now after all.
My take on the most important elections in a generation on Sunday in Berlin. 👇👇
My take on the most important elections in a generation on Sunday in Berlin. 👇👇
The far right rising
Ahead of a historic German election, the AfD is courting the global right – and threatening to upend European politics.
www.newstatesman.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Dankeschön Annette Dittert.