Category Archives: irenewaters

Fly, Road, Rail – A trip north, west, south, east then north again – We head off

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Originally this was going to be entirely a road trip but we chickened out. Four thousand kilometres driving when someone suffering the fatigue of chemo seemed perhaps a little ambitious. I could have driven it by myself but I know … Continue reading →

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Week in Review: Week 7

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Welcome. I hope you’ve had a great week and are looking forward to the next one coming up. As is often the case these days our week has been punctuated with medical appointments. Roger had to have his yearly medical … Continue reading →

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Publishing Your Blog the Easy Way

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Okay, so it’s only a blog but you know the time and the effort you put into it and you don’t want to lose the body of work held within your sites’ pages. Perhaps you have been travelling and your … Continue reading →

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Know Your Name : Know Your Brand

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

As we all know, Name and its associated branding is crucial to the success of the company. This is whether we are multinational corporations, a local business or a writer or blogger. Our brand is important. Not only do we … Continue reading →

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Week in Review: Week 2

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Last year we planted Roger’s memorial garden. No he hasn’t succumbed and is well and truly alive and kicking but he wanted a say in what and where was going to be his final resting place and what plants would … Continue reading →

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Radio Quiz Kid – My Mum

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Last Wednesday I shared my my Mother’s autographs and wondered whether people had kept autographs that Mum had written to them because at the time she was famous? Today I thought I would explain why she was famous whilst still … Continue reading →

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Collecting Autographs

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Did you have an autograph book? I know I did when I was in high school and particularly in our last year we busily collected the pearls of wisdom, seldom original, from our friends and classmates. Many of them were … Continue reading →

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Smiles:Three Things Thursday

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Three things Thursday created by Nerd In the Brain  says:”three things that make me smile: an exercise in gratitude – feel free to steal this idea with wild abandon and fill your blog with the happy”. There was so much … Continue reading →

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Floral Friday: Jan 31 2014

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Floating red, growing white and pink, seen again  through window green: lush

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