Posts Tagged Queensland

Please Take My Son

Posted by Julie in Articles- Parenting, Australian Stories on April 22, 2011

(c) Julie Boyd ‘Will you please take my son?’ She stood on the front doorstep of my newly acquired, tiny, ramshackle home, a stunningly beautiful woman. Her long dark curls rioting around a face that would have painters swooning. Gold hoop earrings swung like halos that had slipped, ever so slightly. A brightly patterned skirt [...]

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The Aussie Mateship Gene

Posted by Julie in Articles- Commentary, Australian Stories on April 3, 2011

(C) Julie Boyd Why is it that Aussies are so good in a crisis, but then we forget? Is there a mateship gene we have that gets triggered by a disaster, then turns off again as soon as it’s all over? Many of us have watched in horror over the past couple of weeks as [...]

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Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to Drink!

Posted by Julie in Australian Stories on April 3, 2011

© Julie Boyd ‘G’day, love. Not sure your little one will make it through okay. Whatderya reckon?’ I looked up to find myself eye to crotch with the owner of the voice, a fluorescent vest-wearing man-mountain who had appeared unannounced outside the window of my small car. Along with a multitude of other lost souls. [...]

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My Dog and I Have Matching Tumours.

Posted by Julie in Australian Stories, Jorge Dog Stories on April 3, 2011

© Julie Boyd My dog and I have matching tumours. We first met ten years ago, just after one of my closest friends had died. She had been dealing with an unusual abdominal tumour which was growing daily, looked like a pregnancy, and was inoperable. At the time, I had several tumours in various female [...]

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Systemic corruption and bullying dictocracies

Posted by Julie in Articles- Commentary, Articles- Leadership, Education, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Writing on July 29, 2009

Amazing how contrite people can become after they are caught! Bernie Madoff has admitted that he was ‘greedy’- yes he was! Apparently the fact that he has provided some information which may be of use to his victims is a redeeming factor. New Jersey’s scandal has opened a few eyes about the size and scale [...]

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