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The Italian Wife

This week there has been one item in the world news that I find too interesting to ignore.  Pulling up my daily news sites and scanning quickly through the international section, I skim the posts about war and politics until I come to what has now become a daily treat of ‘he said, she said’.
The failure of a marriage gone wrong [...]

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A Tiny Hop

And a jump for joy.  Two Fridays ago I had to give my teams their performance appraisals and guess what?  Progress is being made! Or at least it felt like a moment of progress – a step forward in the right direction, at any rate. 
After I completed each employee’s review, I asked them to give [...]

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2 outta 3 ain’t bad

First, there was the idea of Casual Day Fridays.  The office implemented this idea a few months ago and it was met with excitement and deemed a great success or so I thought.
Second, there was a re-work to the cherished and globally loved ‘Women on the Move’.  Men are also now shown to be ‘On the Move’.  It’s [...]

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A brief pause was needed while I took a break and screamed. 
Since my last post, I have been busily working away at my new job.  As is the case with many new jobs, the first days, I find, are the peaceful ones.  I would arrive at the office each day fresh and sprinkled with ‘newness’ dew.  I knew no one and no [...]

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One of These Things is not like the Other

Finally, I have started to work on the island and I think I’m going to have to baby-step it. I always remind myself that I am a guest here who is trying to blend into the local scene. I have two different cultures that I am in the midst of experiencing and trying to understand [...]

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