© Julie Boyd 2011 2nd Prize Winner Gold Coast Writers Association Annual Short Story Competition: DEJA VU Living at a timber mill in a tiny country town and needing to supply all our own services, ensured all kinds of weird noises in the night, including the clanging of boilers being fed in the building next […]
Kitaro Endless Water and Sunset
May 13, 2011 by
One of the musical highlights of my life was seeing Kitaro in concert at the concert hall in Salt Lake City in the mid 90’s. Brilliant.
Sun Tea on the Deck
April 23, 2011 by
(C) Julie Boyd 2010 ‘Would you like some sun-tea?’ From my prone position on a daybed atop the deck outside my friend Jeanne’s lake-house I replied ‘yes please’, followed closely by ‘what’s sun tea?’ ‘Ah, you Aussies think that America is the land of the coffee drinker and we know nothing about drinking tea, but […]
Magnificently Mad Michigan
April 23, 2011 by
(C) Julie Boyd And beyond them stood the forest, Stood the groves of singing pine-trees, Green in Summer, white in Winter, Ever sighing, ever singing. Song of Hiawatha, W.W. Longfellow It’s easy to pick a Michiganer. They carry their passports everywhere in case they might need to go to Canada for the day. If you […]
A Rural Rendezvous – Horsham and the Wimmera
April 22, 2011 by
(C) Julie Boyd Horsham, in Victoria, is probably not a place that immediately springs to mind as a holiday destination. Located halfway between Melbourne and Adelaide, it tends to be more of a stop-off point for petrol and snacks on the way between Adelaide’s Pandas and Melbourne’s restaurants. However, look more closely and you find […]
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