Julie Boyd
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Kitaro Endless Water and Sunset
Posted by Julie in Education, Sustainability, Travel Tales, Uncategorized on May 13, 2011
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
Posted by Julie in Travel Tales, Uncategorized, Writing on April 23, 2011
(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
Posted by Julie in Travel Tales, Uncategorized, Writing on April 23, 2011
(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
Posted by Julie in Travel Tales, Uncategorized, Writing on April 22, 2011
(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 [...]