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Witch, Please! I’m Starting a Business

I’ve Had a Brilliant Idea (No, Really!): I’m Becoming a Witch. A Real One. With Toad Legs and All.

This morning, I woke up with an idea that can only be described as pure genius. Drumroll, please… I’m moving back to my homeland and starting a business! Yes, a real one. I’m absolutely, irrevocably, broomstick-flyingly determined.

Look, wherever you turn, there’s at least one poor soul with a love crisis, a few others swimming in financial troubles, and the rest wandering around with all sorts of bad juju. So I thought, why not solve it all… magically? That’s right. I’m becoming a full-time witch. Read more

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Conversations with Miss J

Last week, during a calm and cozy evening, I played a little game with Miss J., who is currently 6 years and 9 months old and full of opinions, wisdom, and a dash of sass. The game? Q&A: Ask Me Anything Edition.

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Dreams, Sharks, and the Mysterious White Ocean

You know, I dream. A lot. Possibly too much. I daydream with my eyes wide open, and obviously, I night-dream with my eyes tightly shut.

The daytime dreams don’t scare me. They’re curated, intentional, like Pinterest boards of my future life. I want something, anything, and my mind launches into full cinematic production: scenarios, possibilities, entire dialogues. I even mentally draft a five-phase plan to bring the madness to life.

But the night dreams? That’s where things get… unpredictable. Read more

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Tiny Hands, Big Wishes

It was a quiet morning stroll through Dordrecht when we wandered into the Grote Kerk, which translates, rather humbly, as the Big Church. Its full name is De Grote of Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk, a majestic Gothic structure, not unlike the Black Church in Brașov, and about the same age too. Inside, the atmosphere was serene, almost sacred, wrapping around us like a warm hush.

We found a bench and sat down, the kind of sit-down where you’re not really tired, but your thoughts are. Sitting beside me was Miss J., unusually still and solemn. Yes, my whirlwind of a daughter, eternally full of questions, was suddenly peaceful. I looked at her sideways, amused and slightly suspicious of the calm. She glanced up at me with her curious, always-seeking eyes and whispered:
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In Case of Reality, Blink Ten Times

Hello from Cloud Zero 7 — My Personal Escape Plan

Sometimes I wish I had Arabela’s magical ring, you know, the one from that wonderfully strange Czech TV show from our childhood? Arabela, with the Majer family, the dashing prince, and of course, the eternally meddling Rumburak. That ring could conjure up anything. One twist, and poof, your wildest dreams, reality.

If I had that ring now, I wouldn’t ask for diamonds or castles or eternal youth. I’d simply ask for… a cloud.
Not just any cloud, a sparkling, fluffy, milky-white one. A little puff of sky stitched from cashmere and sunlight, floating just above the noise. I’d call it Cloud Zero 7. My personal sky sanctuary.

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Mini Minds, Major Feelings: Love Edition

What Does Love Mean?

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, “What does love mean?” The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:

“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all even when his hands got arthritis, too. That’s Love.” Rebecca – age 8
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