Tag Archives: friendship

Planning for when you are gone

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

The weekly podcast, ‘This American Life’, http://www.thisamericanlife.org/podcast  has some very interesting stories. Each weekly presentation includes about three or four stories. One personal account, a few weeks ago, within #420, under the general title of ‘Neighbourhood Watch’, was the story … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Social Inclusion

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

  Joe is an attractive man in his mid-30s. He enjoys life. He lives in a modern house in the southern suburbs of Adelaide with two ladies and two guys about his own age.   …   They are all disabled. Joe … Continue reading →

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The etiquette of judgement

Posted on June 11, 2011 by

Some people are unaware of the ‘etiquette of judgement’ in their enthusiasm to comment on a conversation (whether it be an oral person-to-person conversation, or a digital conversation via Facebook, Twitter or the wide world of the Blogosphere). In person-to-person … Continue reading →

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