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Shirley Hershey Showalter

17 Nov 2016

We Always Have Choices

  In my last post (Tolerance) I compared the trauma of 11/9  with that of  9/11. I also compared the consequences that many are anticipating with post-Reconstruction “Jim Crow” laws in the south.  Either is enough to make anyone despair.  But, fear not, … Read More

ACLU, Cape Breton Island, Million Women March, Mo Willems, Shirley Hershey Showalter, The Peace of Wild Things, Wendall Berry
14 Sep 2016

“Have a Nice Day.”

  “Have a nice day.” How often have you heard that? If you live in England, probably not very often.  But if you live in the US (and Israel, it turns out), particularly in an urban area, you probably hear … Read More

Have a nice day, Janet Givens author, Shirley Hershey Showalter
15 Jan 2014

A Little Fish in a Mennonite Sea: Shirley Hershey Showalter

This week I’m pleased to have Shirley Showalter here to share her story. I first met Shirley from afar. I’d jumped into the social media whirl as I finished my memoir and was searching for connections. At Shirley’s website I … Read More

Blush, childhood, Janet Givens, Mennonite life, Shirley Hershey Showalter
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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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