Posts By: Janet Givens
Yes, it’s that time again. And, since WordPress once again won’t let me add photos (nor tags nor schedule) I’m rerunning this post from three years ago. It pretty much covers all the necessary territory (and then some). Stay tuned for a new website platform coming in January. In recognition of my new subscribers… more »
Subtitle: While introducing you to the new man in our life. Remember this poster? Under the BLACK LIVES MATTER headline, it reads, TREAT RACISM LIKE COVID-19 and she gives us four steps to do this. So, far, I’ve gotten three blog posts from her list: Step 1: Assume you have it on June 17 when… more »
Join me for a Zoom talk this Saturday, October 17, 2020 Yes, LEAPFROG is going live on Zoom this Saturday at 11 a.m. I hope you’ll join us. Here’s the story. Shortly after I launched my latest book, (see my November 20, 2020 post) one of my editors, Kelly Boyer Sagert, asked if I was… more »
Dear Readers: This is a post about time. The speed with which it flies past us The way in which it finds irrelevant the many choices confronting us Sounds lofty, huh? It’s actually a post about how I’ve been wanting to get my WordPress.org website fixed — it’s been three weeks I think, maybe four… more »
Vermont is in a significant drought. According to our Agency of Natural Resources website, 73% of the state is affected, with the north central area (where I am) in a “severe” drought. That’s all well and good; the story here is that our well went dry last week. Let me phrase that better, because our… more »
I have a batch of draft posts on my WordPress site — thoughts I’ve jotted down over the years, ideas that percolated for a time, then went flat. And every now and then (like today) I look them over, delete a few, ponder a few more, and, occasionally (like today) I go, “Eureka!” and know… more »
Last week’s post on the history of our Pledge of Allegiance (What Do You Know About our Pledge of Allegiance?) brought me new information. It also got me chewing on something I’d not spent much time with before. Just what is this thing we have our school children do, and why has it become such… more »
For the Americans among us, when’s the last time you thought about your Pledge of Allegiance? Do you remember reciting it in grammar school? High School? Could you recite it from memory today? I could, and I imagine you could too. September 8 is the anniversary of the Pledge’s debut. I won’t tell you how… more »
I’m musing again still. The Wall Street Journal had a headline a few weeks ago: How to Give Unsolicited Advice Without Being Annoying. I was intrigued. Who wouldn’t be? Turns out I needed a subscription to find out their answer, so I turned to the next best thing — I mused, How does… more »
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