Poetic Justice
Not long after you break your neck in three places (in a not-swimming-well-enough accident) people tend to ask a lot of questions.
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Dougie
- Sep 17, 2023
- 2 min
Craig asked. I answered.
I go through the world as I am. For better or worse (and I have plenty of both to call on). Not really my jam (as Craig noted).
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Dougie
- Apr 27, 2023
- 1 min
In celebration of a good life
To honour the memory of Sue Salthouse, advocate, leader and mentor to many people.
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Dougie
- Apr 11, 2023
- 7 min
When I was a child I believed that love is kind ...
"People learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart" Mandela
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Dougie
- Feb 10, 2023
- 1 min
Don't mess with the squirrel
After a long day at the office, Dougie tweets away at the universe. Meanwhile, it's gone out for dinner to a good Indian erestaurant.
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Dougie
- Jan 22, 2023
- 3 min
After what the thunder said ...
Thistle The Cat sleeps soundly. I was in the mood for the bleakness of 20th Century Modernism. Go figure.
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Dougie
- Jan 19, 2023
- 1 min
More than moving office
The last day in this office. I am not sad to leave and will never look back.
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Dougie
- Dec 29, 2022
- 4 min
So near and yet ... so very very far
Which matters most -- the journey or the destination? Actually, a skilled mechanic come auto-electrician is crucial to success.
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Dougie
- Nov 16, 2022
- 6 min
In memory of JOHN BRUCE MOXON: 1938–2022
In memory of a great Australian. With thanks to Margaret, Bruce, Ray and Karen for asking me to write this tribute. It was a privileges.
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Dougie
- Oct 21, 2022
- 4 min
Nothing About Us Without Us -- How to re-build the NDIS
I am part of a review panel considering reforms to Australia's $30 Billion, 535,000 person NDIS. Here's my speech to our first webinar.
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Dougie
- Oct 17, 2022
- 1 min
So this is positive ... NDIS Review launched by Minister
I have been appointed with others to the independent panel guiding a year long review of the NDIS. Pleased to be asked. Happy to say yes.
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Dougie
- Sep 4, 2022
- 5 min
"The unexamined life is not worth living"
Does a picture paint 1,000 words? Maybe the answer depends on your point of view.
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Dougie
- Jul 30, 2022
- 6 min
Time to make lemonade?
I was born a city boy. And I have grown into a suburban adult, it would seem.
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Dougie
- Jun 21, 2022
- 7 min
North to Milano with a death-defying start
We bade farewell to Stephanie, the cats and the Trullo early. Joe drove us across the 'heel' to Taranto from where our train for Milano...
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Dougie
- Jun 13, 2022
- 3 min
The curse that keeps on giving
The English writer Horace Walpole (1717 - 1797) is often credited with writing the first ever Gothic novel. His story, The Castle of...
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Dougie
- Jun 8, 2022
- 5 min
When in Rome, do as all tourists do. Get ruined.
My relationship with ancient Rome is marginal at best. We had a very tall history teacher in our third year at Secondary school. He was...
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Dougie
- Jun 7, 2022
- 3 min
Au revoir Paris ... Benvenuti a Roma.
Our first Italian train -- Frecciarossa 9281. The 7:20 a.m. from Paris Gare de Lyon to Milano Centrale, arriving 2:07 p.m. Change trains...
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Dougie
- Jun 5, 2022
- 5 min
The curse of the east coast mainline strikes again
Taking the train between Edinburgh Waverley and London King's Cross has been one of my favourite journeys since my first trip in the late...
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