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Irene Waters
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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Women Rulers
Since 1501 BC and 2012 there has been a total of 196 women heads of state worldwide. The number of men is not countable (by me anyway) A staggering piece of trivia that I learnt whilst researching a debate I … Continue reading
Weekly Photograph Challenge: Treasure
I didn’t post yesterday as not only was I busy (although I could have used that bit of jigsaw time to do a post) I was stumped by what could I photograph or pull from my archives to show treasure. … Continue reading
Weekly Writing Challenge: Lunch Posts Day 4
Time 1245. Place: Cafe on Gympie Terrace. No time for writing today. I’ve probably got 4 minutes while Mum is in the bathroom. At least I got lunch today. That’s the good thing about taking Mum to lunch on Fridays … Continue reading
Weekly Writing Challenge: Lunch post Day 3
Time 1414 : Skin Cancer Clinic hot day nice to be in air-conditioning 1 minute until my appointment. That man could talk. I know about the wake he just attended for a friend he knew from bowls, what his father … Continue reading
Weekly writing Challenge: Lunch Posts Day 2
Time 1400 Oppressively hot, muggy. Don’t envy Rod playing golf. Hope it is only the heat affecting Zach. He’s not right today. It’s as though he doesn’t quite know where he is and what he’s supposed to do now that he … Continue reading
Weekly Writing Challenge: Lunch Posts Day 1
1307: at home with a sandwich of cheese and vegemite. I’m sitting alone, protected from the sun by the patio roof, listening to the sound of the water dropping from the waterfall wall into the crystal clear blue water of … Continue reading
Daily Prompt: Happy Happy Joy Joy.
My brain is whirring. This prompt almost stumped me. It is such a strange title. Happy happy joy joy. It isn’t English. Not the way I know it anyway.What are my definitions of the words? Happy = contentment Joy = … Continue reading
Daily Prompt: Progress
By the 2nd of January I had hoped to write an About this blog page and post it. When I commenced this blog in August 2013 I had absolutely no idea what a blog even was. I certainly didn’t have … Continue reading
Procrastination
Maureen poses the question in her post, Thoughts about the New Year which is found at http://gleanerhall.wordpress.com/2013/12/30/thoughts-about-the-new-year/ , how can you stay focused on your goals. This set me thinking. Normally, I am very focused by necessity and as 2014 will be a very intense … Continue reading
Humour
Someone posted a you tube clip on my Facebook wall the other day. I could not help myself. I laughed until the tears were streaming down my face. I asked my husband to watch it. His mouth slightly twitched but … Continue reading
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 