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challenges

7 Sep 2016

My Tenor Story: Part Three

  What did I write at the beginning of August?  I started with Weltschmerz, that state of sadness and depression when the world is not as we think it should be. Its literal translation from the German is “world pain.” … Read More

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24 Aug 2016

My Tenor Story: Part Two

  A reassuring lie is so much easier to grasp than an inconvenient truth.   I love how the cartoon below captures this idea.     What I hope you’re getting from the various posts I’ve done of late is … Read More

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Books

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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