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My boss is a JERK (and I am the boss)

My boss is a jerk. She doesn’t let me take any vacation time, even lunch hour is frowned upon. She is constantly criticizing me in front of other people. She expects me to work around the clock, to say yes to everything, to be available for clients or admin at all hours of the day […]

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Do your best! Ganbatte!

“When I was living in Japan…” – this is a phrase that brings the most profound glassy look to my friends’ eyes, causes polite yawns, or provokes the hilarious reply, “Oh wait a minute! Did you live in JAPAN? I didn’t know that! Really?”. I totally understand this reaction, and accept the teasing as 100% […]

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Goddesses in Tarot: Athena

When I was a university student, I went to Greece every summer to dig at archaeological sites. To the romantic at heart, like me, this sounds very glamorous and exciting, but in reality it involved many hours in the hot sun, working away with pickaxes and trowels, covered in dust and dirt, clinging to the […]

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The Snake Goddess and Tarot

The Minoan Snake Goddess has loomed large in my imagination for many years. She is pure feminine power, fierce, unapologetic. Dating from approximately 1600 BCE, and found on the island of Crete, this mysterious figure inspires visions of an advanced, peaceful society of goddess worshipers, governed by wise women, living in harmony with nature. Of […]