Silent Sunday:

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
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© irene waters 2014

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About Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

I began my working career as a reluctant potato peeler whilst waiting to commence my training as a student nurse. On completion I worked mainly in intensive care/coronary care; finishing my hospital career as clinical nurse educator in intensive care. A life changing period as a resort owner/manager on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu was followed by recovery time as a farmer at Bucca Wauka. Having discovered I was no farmer and vowing never again to own an animal bigger than myself I took on the Barrington General Store. Here we also ran a five star restaurant. Working the shop of a day 7am - 6pm followed by the restaurant until late was surprisingly more stressful than Tanna. On the sale we decided to retire and renovate our house with the help of a builder friend. Now believing we knew everything about building we set to constructing our own house. Just finished a coal mine decided to set up in our backyard. Definitely time to retire we moved to Queensland. I had been writing a manuscript for some time. In the desire to complete this I enrolled in a post grad certificate in creative Industries which I completed 2013. I followed this by doing a Master of Arts by research graduating in 2017. Now I live to write and write to live.
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8 Responses to Silent Sunday:

  1. Charli Mills's avatar Charli Mills says:
    August 31, 2014 at 9:47 am

    How fun to see so many pelicans in one place! Are they noisy birds? I’ve only seen a few and flying overhead at that!

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  2. Noelle Granger's avatar Noelle Granger says:
    August 31, 2014 at 10:30 am

    I always like to get your Sunday post on Saturday! Love the pelicans – there is poem by Dixon Lanier Merritt, which has been mis-attributed to Ogden Nash over the years:
    A wonderful bird is the pelican,
    His bill will hold more than his belican,
    He can take in his beak
    Enough food for a week
    But I’m damned if I see how the helican!
    We always quote it when we see our first pelican at the beach!

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  3. MR's avatar M-R says:
    August 31, 2014 at 2:33 pm

    LOVE ‘EM !!! – nothing like pelicans: they’re amongst the most ‘individualist’ of birds …

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  4. Master of Something Yet's avatar Master of Something Yet says:
    August 31, 2014 at 8:37 pm

    Every time we saw a pelican, my Dad could never resist the line “his beak can hold more than his belly can”. 🙂

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