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Monthly Archives: October 2014

29 Oct 2014

Tag, I’m It: The 2014 WIP Tour

I’ve been tagged in the 2014 Work in Progress (WIP) Blog Tour, offering authors the chance to share snippets of their current Work In Progress. Cynthia DeKett, who tagged me, didn’t miss a beat when I told her, “but my … Read More

2014 WIP Tour, Janet Givens author, Jessica Talbot, Kathy Pooler, Marian Beaman, Patrick Youngblood, Susan Navas
22 Oct 2014

KAZAKH HOSPITALITY: Genghis Khan Notwithstanding

first posted in 2014     Step One:  2000 years of Kazakh History in 200 words Like most countries, Kazakhstan’s geography has colored its history. Sitting between two of the largest powers in the world — China to the east … Read More

Attilla the Hun, Feminist deconstruction, Genghis Khan, History vs. Herstory
15 Oct 2014

It’s A Small World

  My guest this week is Jill Dobbe, whom I met on the We Love Memoirs FB Group.     Jill is an author and overseas educator who continually bops around from country to country and from school to school. … Read More

author, Guest post, Here We Are and There We Go, Jill Dobbe
8 Oct 2014

The Unhappy Final Weeks

Once we got our medical clearance, the pace quickened. Here’s another deleted scene from our Pre-departure days.     The phone call telling me I had cleared the final medical hurdle came in February 2004 while I was visiting my … Read More

"the Stans", At Home on the Kazakh Steppe, foster care for dogs, Janet Givens author, Peace Corps medical clearance, rescued greyhounds
1 Oct 2014

Happy Birthday to the Two Grandbabies — now they are 11

As anyone who’s read my memoir, At Home on the Kazakh Steppe, will know,  Woody and I postponed our application process for sixteen months while we awaited the births of my two sons’ first babies.  (Amazon link is here)   … Read More

At Home on the Kazakh Steppe, grandchildren, Grandma Janet, Janet Givens author, the importance of grandchildren

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LEAPFROG: How to hold a civil conversation in an uncivil era

“Janet’s LEAPFROG describes— in an accessible and fun way— the nuts and bolts of how to have a civil conversation…”

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At Home on the Kazakh Steppe:A Peace Corps Memoir

Praise from Kirkus Review

“…she writes engagingly … a sharp-eyed journalist. A worthwhile read for anyone with an interest in humanitarian work.”

At Home on the Kazakh Steppe, A Peace Corps Memoir, by Janet Givens
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