At Long Last, It Has Arrived
March 3, 2021
Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years is now available in paperback. You can order it on Amazon.com, Booklocker.com or any major online retailer. Happy reading everyone!
Author: thebazantblog
Here I will share my thoughts, my adventures and excerpts of my first memoir.
Why Did We Move From Canada to Pakistan?
February 26, 2021
My latest book, Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years, will be available within the next couple of weeks. There’s lots of excitement and anticipation. In preparation, I have been building a launch team. They’ve received advance copies of my book in preparation for launch day. Yesterday one of my team called me. She is about … More Why Did We Move From Canada to Pakistan?
The COVID Blues
February 22, 2021
Yesterday I came down with what I have dubbed ‘the COVID blues’. This ailment presented itself as a kind of hopeless melancholy coupled with floating anxiety and restlessness. At the same time, I was riddled with guilt. What was the matter with me? My husband and I have the basic necessities of life. We are … More The COVID Blues
School Days Re-imagined
February 12, 2021
In my new book, Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years (experiencing some delays; coming soon I promise) I talk about how our family left Canada for Pakistan during the first Gulf War. When we arrived in Islamabad tensions were running high. Many expats had been evacuated and those that stayed were told to ‘shelter in … More School Days Re-imagined
Park Road, Islamabad–the Telephone
February 10, 2021
Here is an excerpt from my soon-to-be published book, Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years, that describes some of our early frustrations and culture shock. As for the telephone, it had a story all its own. We had the remarkable privilege of having an international telephone line in our home, but it came with an … More Park Road, Islamabad–the Telephone
The Ministry of Time
February 6, 2021
Included in my upcoming book, Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years, are some compelling true stories told by my expat friends. Unfortunately, a few of those stories didn’t make it into the book. The following is a memory recalled and written by my husband, Wayne Bazant. After Christmas circa 1994, while reading our daily English … More The Ministry of Time
A New Chapter
February 1, 2021
Here’s a little something I wrote that didn’t make it into my new book, Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years, reflecting on what the years in Pakistan meant to me as a wife and mother and to our family as a whole. Our family moved to Pakistan in early 1991. This was not a scenario … More A New Chapter
Call to Prayer
January 26, 2021
Very soon my new book ‘Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years’ will be available at Booklocker.com and at online retailers. While you are waiting in anticipation, I would like to relate (in a series of blogs) some special experiences that didn’t make it into the book. The featured image for this blog post is the … More Call to Prayer
Coming Soon
January 10, 2021
Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years is the latest installment of Sharon Bazant’s riveting travel memoirs. Following on the heels of her 2019, Nine Years in Bangkok: Lessons Learned, this new title Geckos & Guns tells of the time before Bangkok. It is a prequel that follows the first impulses of the Bazant family to … More Coming Soon
Are We Being Seduced by Bullies?
September 28, 2020
This morning I watched a clip of the President of the United States bullying his way through another public diatribe. A crowd of his supporters was jeering, chanting, and risking their health during the COVID pandemic just to be a part of his blood sport. It’s one thing to be a bully. We have all … More Are We Being Seduced by Bullies?
