(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 […]
Systemic corruption and bullying dictocracies
July 29, 2009 by
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 […]
The Aussie Mateship Gene
(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 […]