Janne SwearengenJanne P. Swearengen has had many jobs, but only two vocations. As a junior high teacher in Hartsville, Tennessee, she adored teaching and learned more from her students than they ever learned from her. Her second vocation evolved after becoming a sureyor of Long Term Care Facilities in Mississippi. She joined the Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis/University of WI Madison and Madison's Long Term Care Institute for a rewarding experience helping nursing facilities across the country assess the quality of their care delivery while experiencing powerful and moving interactions with the residents themselves. After retiring in 2012, Janne reinvented herself; became a passionate vegan, publishes a daily vlog titled The Chronicles of Pondlandia, and lives in Madison MS with a few rescued animals as well as her long-suffering husband, Larry, affectionately known as 'Big Solid'. Read More Read Less