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cultural comparisons

28 Sep 2016

The Evolution of PETS: From livestock to members of the family

  It’s been an interesting few weeks since our Chincoteague home went belly up (and with it our plan to pay our debts); my identity as a tenor was shaken; and Sasha tore her ACL.  All First World Problems, to be … Read More

cultural comparisons, cultural differences, Janet Givens author, Pets, pets as family, Sasha
10 Jun 2015

The Besik

  Here, with no further ado, is my next-to-last deleted scene … The Besik That last year, the daily differences that had so overwhelmed me faded into the background and the universals stood out more easily. I remembered that all cultures … Read More

cultural comparisons, Janet Givens author, Kazakh child-rearing practices, swaddling clothes, the besik
13 May 2015

Mother’s Day

The Following is reprinted in its entirety from National Geographic, May 9, 2014, complete with all original links too. It was writted by Brian Handwerk, whose writing I liked so much, I decided it best to just leave it alone. As a … Read More

2014, Anna Jarvis, cultural comparisons, Janet Givens author, Mother's Day, National Geographic May 9, Zinn Education Project
3 Dec 2014

Culture As An Iceberg

  Culture is an iceberg. Art, food, tools, language, music, holiday, styles of dress, those aspects of culture we can see — those that show above the metaphorical water line — are important parts of any cultural puzzle and good … Read More

cultural comparisons, Culture as an Iceberg, Ferguson, Janet Givens author, Letting go, Maya Angelou, The Serenity Prayer
24 Sep 2014

Food

Another early deleted scene from At Home on the Kazakh Steppe.  Food is such a large part of a culture: which types of food, how they are prepared, where they come from, the level of cleanliness, how they are eaten … Read More

And So It Goes, cultural comparisons, cultural differences, Janet Givens author, missing my vegetables
18 Jun 2014

Finding Your Roots and Keeping Them

  I’m thrilled to welcome Linda Austin for this month’s guest blog.     As with all my guests so far this year, I first met Linda through the web of social media. I was immediately smitten by her story of … Read More

Cherry Blossoms in Twilight, cultural comparisons, cultural differences, difference, Janet Givens, Japanese American culture, Linda Austin
16 Apr 2014

GUEST POST from Sonia Marsh: Where Do I Belong?

I am pleased to have Sonia Marsh with us this week.   Sonia is the award-winning author of the travel memoir Freeways to Flip-Flops: A Family’s Year of Gutsy Living on a Tropical Island and founder of the “My Gutsy … Read More

cultural comparisons, cultural differences, Freeways to Flipflops, French culture, Gutsy Living, Janet Givens, Sonia Marsh, TCKs, Third Culture Kids
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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

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“…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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