I sat in my van for a moment, organising the day in my head. I nestled my bag on the seat, tucked my lunch into a safe corner, and then pressed the sticky note with the list of addresses up on the dash. The clouds hung low, dark, ready to veil the world with […]
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The road wound up, up and up. My trusty little van growled, and the view spread out forever. I turned the air con up a notch as the sun burst through the windscreen, and a smile crept across my face. I was looking out for the turnoff, slowing down. There! A battered old wooden sign.
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I gathered everything I needed – printed out notes for the workshop students, clipboards, some essential oils, clothes, and squeezed it all into my suitcase. Off for an adventure, to teach the Whole Energy Body Balance (WEBB) foundation workshop in my old stomping ground, Townsville. Into the car, humming along the traffic streamed freeway, finding
A text arrived, making my phone buzz and ringle dingle. \”Could you come this weekend? He\’s nearly out of his tablets…\” I texted back and sorted out a time. I drove along, chatting to my brother on the phone. A fresh, clear, cold and windy day – now and then I\’d feel the van shimmy
I looked at the X-rays for the fiftieth time. Was there something out of place in her spine, or not? I\’d looked at these films until my eyes went fuzzy, and all the other vets in the practice had looked at them too, and still it wasn\’t clear what was going on. My guts were
Bedlam… The waiting room was overflowing, and we were all behind. The noise of dogs barking, cats complaining, and people chattering away was gradually getting louder. Last time I popped my head out to call my next consult in, there were even a few people waiting outside, well rugged up against the cold, grey, damp,
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Driving, the quiet rattle of bottles and medicines in the back of the van in my ears, the sweeping strip of bitumen hemmed in by the green swaying forest… A peaceful moment of silence, just to be, as I drive along to my next visit in Nimbin. The countryside changes slowly as I hum along
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\”Gday Doc, how ya goin?\” – I was till half asleep, the phone had jolted me awake in the early morning, deliciously cool. \”The silly old bastard\’s been fighting again, he\’s a hell of a mess, eh. Can you come out and fix him up again?\” \”Is there a bitch in heat there again, is
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\”So what\’s up with her then?\” I asked, after I\’d settled onto a comfy chair by the fire. It was nice to settle in with old frinds – I\’d been seeing their dogs for years now… \”She\’s driving us crazy, barking and barking – we were up five times last night, and she\’s crapping on
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