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    • JANET
      • At Home on the Kazakh Steppe
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      • MOLP
      • Kmedjzik
      • The Woonboot
      • Cargo
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Plan B

15 Sep 2021

Plan B

I’m getting adept at Plans B of late. Landscaping plans sit on the shelf because we just don’t feel like spending that much money this year. Maybe next. (I’ve been saying that about that third rock wall for about eleven … Read More

Life is All About How You Handle Plan B, Life will be simpler as I get older, Plan B, Plans B are never planned

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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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