Category Archives: Memoir

Bite Size Memoir Number 6: First Jobs

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

A kitchen hand at the community cottage hospital was my first job. I dislike kitchen work immensely so I wasn’t well-suited to it but it filled in the time between finishing school and commencing my nurse training. My task was … Continue reading →

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Bite Size memoir Number 5: Camping

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

  I”ve camped all my life, not regularly, just throughout. We camped in our cowboy tent in the back yard and before long my Dad, who loved camping, had us on a road trip with a big tent and a … Continue reading →

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Bite Size Memoir Number 4: Sports Day

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Sports days were fun events in primary school. In addition to the normal running events there were also races such as the egg and spoon race, the sack race and the three-legged race. Races that even the non-athletic child wanted … Continue reading →

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Bite Size Memoir number 3: Magic and Fairies

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

I wasn’t a girl who believed in fairys at the bottom of the garden yet I enjoyed fairy tales. My father read to me all of Aesops Fables and other tales involving fairys and magic. I remember fondly Tinkerbell from … Continue reading →

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Trog and other Animals: Jerry and the cat attack

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

  I took off on my usual route down Skye Road. I let the dogs off the lead as soon as we reached the school as from this point on the traffic was non-existent with only a few houses on … Continue reading →

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Jinks and Japes : Bite Size Memoir Number 2

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

This topic I have found particularly difficult as the terms are not ones I have knowledge of although Lisa has translated them for us as  “Jinks: Childish, playful, often noisy and rowdy activities, usually involving mischievous pranks. Japes: Tricks or … Continue reading →

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Trog and Other Animals: Home from Hospital

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Jerry’s partial destruction of the fence meant the dogs were locked inside until it could be repaired. This didn’t worry them unduly as they tended to lie about where they could smell or see me and only if I was doing … Continue reading →

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Bite Size Memoir No 1: School at Seven

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

  I turned seven in 1963 and my school year had several momentous occasions. Firstly I fell in love. My teacher that year was one of the only male teachers at the school and I was smitten. I worked a … Continue reading →

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Floral Friday: After the Jacaranda Festival Grafton

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

  I grew up in Casino a town approximately one hundred and one kilometres from Grafton the home of the Jacaranda Festival. The first Jacaranda festival was held in 1934 and has been held on the second last weekend in … Continue reading →

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Weekly Writing Challenge: Writerly Reflections

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

I came from a home that was full of books. My father’s study was lined with bookcases as was the hall and at least one wall of every room in the house. My parents loved reading and when my brother … Continue reading →

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