Category Archives: opinion

Week in Review: Week 8

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

What a week this has been. Putin has set the world on a catastrophic path. I said to my husband that he had been born as World War II ended in 1945 and hopefully this does not mean that now … Continue reading →

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Week in Review: Week 4

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Week 4 and I’m starting to feel like my old self. The passion has returned. Roger has found that he can have treatment in Cairns which will give us up to six – eight weeks that we can be away. … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday – Some times it is good to keep your mouth shut.

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Today I wrote one draft email followed by another, then another, and another. Numerous more. When someone doesn’t listen to understand how you feel but instead takes it very personally it is impossible to communicate without spiralling into a conflict. … 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 1

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Okay – this is supposed to be the week in review which should start in January but as I first saw this during the week I think its fair enough to include it. You won’t have met our puppy Monty … Continue reading →

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I want to Scream

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

For the first time in my life I relate to the Edvard Munch painting ” The Scream.” I wonder what was happening in his life at the time. Did he want to scream or did he just have enough empathy … Continue reading →

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A great day out but an expensive photo

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Maleny Botanical Gardens and Bird World is a wonderful place to visit. Superb views of the Glass House Mountains are to be had from within the gardens. The mountains are so named because Captain Cook was reminded of glasshouses back … Continue reading →

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COVID 19 showed me Why I love Toastmasters

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

When 2019 happened I opted out of my world. I stopped doing almost everything that I did for my own enjoyment – dancing, writing, socialising. I cut myself off from everything apart from Toastmasters and I wondered why? I put … Continue reading →

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Carcasses: Cause Y’s a crooked letter and z’s no better.

Posted on May 23, 2020 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Most of us don’t see that many carcasses apart from the odd bird, rat or toad and along the side of the road as roadkill. Normally we don’t give them a lot of thought. I had thought about carcasses when … Continue reading →

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