shashlik – Janet Givens

10 Sep 2014

Our 777 Invitation

Exciting News! The publisher for my memoir, Ant Press, wants these deleted scenes collected into an eBook. I think I’m most excited that I get to continue to tweak these stories. I do love that process. So, in eager anticipation, … Read More

30 Apr 2014

Lunch at Cafe Aiya

Across from the Sharwa Bazaar was the café Aiya, where we’d had lunch with Zamzagul and Nariman just the day before. With them, we’d sat in the smoky back and never looked at a menu. Now, … Read More

22 Jan 2014

Pa Nos

September 1 is a special day in Kazakhstan. Throughout the country it is the first day of school and is known as Knowledge Day, an opportunity to celebrate the start of a new school year. But I’ll remember my first … Read More