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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
Tall on a hill: Thursday’s Special
In response to Paula’s Thursday’s Special
Three Cities – Urban Art: Thursday’s Special
Sydney, Melbourne have galleries in alleys In Wellington, there’s room to spread their wings. In response to Paula’s Thursday’s Special
Calligraphy: Thursdays Special
In response to the guest Challenge on Paula’s Thursday’s Special
The Ramsund Carving: Traces of the Past Yr2 01; Thursdays’ Special
This rune-like picture is called a carving rather than a rune stone as it was carved on a flat outcrop of rocks rather than a standing stone around 1030. It is found near Eskilstuna in Sweden where I was lucky … Continue reading
Choices: Thursday Special
Buying veggies is an easy choice when displayed so well at the local Farmers Market But what wine to buy. One trys to choose with a taste test. or the choice may be made on price alone. More difficult yet … Continue reading
City Dwellers: Thursday Special
One reason we chose to leave the city was because we had come to believe that your quality of life was the distance you could travel between traffic lights. For city dwellers in Hanoi the traffic was everyday. For me … Continue reading
Robotic Arms through the Ages: Thursday’s Special
From early robotic arms to some type of state of the art model. To me both are mind boggling. In response to Paula’s prompt
Backlit: Thursday’s Special
Back lighting brings out aspects in flowers and other things in nature that are not immediately visible on viewing otherwise. The back lit boat still waiting to be used. Back lighting will give silhouettes and make you think there is … Continue reading
Thursday’s Special: Traces of the Past 03: The Gradation House at Bad Dürkheim
I’m sure we’ve all heard tales of the salt mines in Russia. Part of my husband’s youth was sliding on a hessian sack into the salt mines in Austria. The Gradation houses were a way of getting salt that I … Continue reading
Thursday’s Special: Flare
Mt Yasur is the worlds most active accessible volcano and when it goes off with a bang (which is frequent) at night the camera captures the flare of the red hot lava as it is thrown high into the sky. … Continue reading
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