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COVID-19

30 Dec 2020

When Hindsight Really Was 2020

We’ve seen the meme, grateful for the smile it brought. Not only did CoVid-19 take over our lives this year, it took over my blog for three months beginning in March, returning once in December when I talked about having … Read More

Anne Frank, COVID-19, Hindsight is 2020, Janet Givens author, Novel Coronavirus, politics, tRump as a grifter, tRump as conman
16 Dec 2020

My CoVid Test and Me

I got tested for CoVid last Friday. Not because I was exposed (do we ever really know?). No; I had symptoms. It seemed prudent. I’d been feeling achy for a few days; I noticed it most in my hands, my … Read More

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18 Nov 2020

Thanksgiving is coming. Sort of.

Thanksgiving will be here next week and, frankly, I’m pissed. Do you know how you’ll be celebrating this year? I don’t. Not exactly. I mean, I knew we’d not be socializing with anyone who doesn’t live here in Vermont. I … Read More

Calculating risk, COVID-19, perception of risk, Thanksgiving
8 Apr 2020

Face Masks and the Power of Culture

Have you been wearing your face mask when you go out? I ask because when I was out and about (wearing mine) I felt a mixture of emotions. PRIDE that I was doing my part, small as it was; FEAR … Read More

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1 Apr 2020

Taking Our Health Care Workers for Granted

My friend, Vermonter Annika McCann, posted this photo of herself to her Facebook page recently under the heading, “This is my new day job.”     Here’s her story In addition to my CBD business (Primal Botanical),  I work as … Read More

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25 Mar 2020

Suffering on the Sofa: My CoViD-19 Story Day 12

    We CAN do this. And we are. My hibernation began on March 13. It was a Friday. We’re on Day 13 today, with only one run to the post office so far. Tomorrow, we’ll see our first outing … Read More

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18 Mar 2020

Coping in the era of COVID-19

How are you doing? This is the most serious pandemic since the Spanish influenza and information, we know, is critical in keeping anxiety down. People, in general, feel anxious in the unknown. I thought a post that pulled together the … Read More

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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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