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making mistakes

26 Oct 2016

An Update on Sasha

Love of animals is a universal impulse, a common ground on which all of us may meet. By loving and understanding animals, perhaps we humans shall come to understand each other. — Louis J. Camuti  [Click to Tweet this quote]   … Read More

At Home on the Kazakh Steppe, I'd rather regret the things I've done than the things I haven't done., Janet Givens author, Louis J. Camuti, Lucille Ball quote, making decisions, making mistakes, Sasha, Sri Aurobindo
27 Aug 2014

THE ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE

  This is a post about a social movement, one of my favorite topics. Q: What is the difference between a social movement and a mental illness? A: The number of people involved.   I remember a chilly weekend in New … Read More

ALS, ALS ice bucket challenge, alsa.org, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Janet Givens author, making mistakes, Mariah Gladis, Mistakes, Pete Frates, social movements
15 Mar 2013

Mistakes

  Welcome to today’s blog: mistakes. We’ve all made them, suffered through them, regretted them, and obsessed over them. And, I trust, learned from them, even laughed at them.     I made another one last week when this post launched … Read More

"to err is human", auto accidents, Blog, making mistakes, Mistakes, recipe mistakes, typographical errors
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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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