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Change in a lifetime

Originally posted on Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist):
? How alone you are without friends. This was the situation for my Great-Aunt and then my maternal Grandmother: they had become so old that they were the…

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Holidays at Grandma’s House – television

Originally posted on Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist):
My Grandmother and Grandfather and aunt lived in Caroline Street Kingsgrove. My Grandma was a very stern looking woman and had lots of rules and regulations. Before our…

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Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum

Originally posted on Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist):
On my recent visit to Dorrigo I expected that the National Parks would be my focus, world heritage sites and waterfalls totally unexpecting the discovery of the as yet…

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Yellow

Yellow is the colour of the sun, it brightens the day in so many ways. In Disney Land yellow is evident and this reflects in the smiles on the faces of the crowd. No-one visiting has come for a bad … Continue reading

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The Axe Attack

Originally posted on Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist):
My brother and I had been fighting for days, over what exactly I can’t remember, but it would be over something that I wanted that he wouldn’t let me…

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Silent Sunday: The Ardeche

 

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Cutting my First Vinyl

Originally posted on Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist):
Again I was four. I remember our pre-school Christmas Party/Concert, at least the occasion.  Our teacher Mrs McDougal was ancient. Lines made road maps on her face but…

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Whaling – brief history Byron Bay + Memoir Greenland + New Zealand

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Originally posted on Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist):
Whaling became Australia’s first export business in the 1800s, initially catching southern white and sperm whales. When these became scarce, humpbacks became the target. The hunt was initially conducted from…

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First Memories – The whaling Station

Originally posted on Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist):
Whaling Station © irene waters 2013 I was four. My cousin Jenny came to stay. I hated her because my brother preferred playing with her than with me.…

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Six years old again

Originally posted on Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist):
Suddenly I was six years old again. I had forgotten how it felt and fifty years later the feeling came flooding back. The unbridled joy followed by the…

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