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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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Category Archives: Thursday’s Special
Illusion: Thursday’s Special
I love leather seats but this one is a clever illusion For it is not leather but crafted carved timber. Another thing I love is photos in frames but this is yet another illusion for it is a cleverly … Continue reading
Winding: Thursdays Special
Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel Like a snowball down a mountain, or a carnival balloon Like a carousel that’s turning running rings around … Continue reading
5 Words in March: Thursday’s Special
The five words that Paula has used to stimulate our creativity in March are: commanding, coarse, gibbous, incremental and indelible Almost full, neither waxing or waning, the gibbous moon floats illuminating the road, whilst the internal light display shows the incremental … Continue reading
A Peeping Tom’s focus: Thursday’s Special
Surreptitious photography Through the hole in the wall Gives perfect focus for the grasses But point of focus was supposed to be That which is all blurry. In response to Paula’s Thursday’s Special
Le rouge et le Noir: Thursday’s Special
Le rouge et le noir Black and red Impossible to find except in the sky so little bits of colour I had no choice but to include. In response to Paula’s Thursday’s Special where she has the most glorious red … Continue reading
Profile: Thursday’s Special
The unfurled frond’s profile faces to the right whilst the gallivanting sea horses face both right and left, the outline of their rear end not differing greatly from their front end the camels patiently wait, their profiles also facing right … Continue reading
One Photo 5 Words: Thursday’s Special
The prompt from Paula for Thursday Special are to use one or more of these words in one or more photos. The words are radiant, alimentary, frontal, arboreal, remote. Without the radiant energy emanating from the sun the grapes would wither on … Continue reading
5 Words: Thursday’s Special
An amiable gathering A bit to drink plans hatched forget going to school let the teacher echo to an empty class instead lets take to the water flag post protruding matching the protrusions now red from libations in search of … Continue reading
3 Lakes, 3 Countries, 2 Continents, 3 Twighlights: Thursday’s Special
I have never associated twilight with Australia although of course we must have them. That period when day is no longer day but it is not yet night. Mostly, I think of them as sunsets. The colour is not … Continue reading
Calm: Thursday’s Special
In 1697 a line from William Congreve’s play The Mourning Bride said ‘music has charms to sooth a savage beast, to soften rocks or bend a knotted Oak’. In other words it calms and it certainly works for me particularly on a … Continue reading
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