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Carpet Making in Egypt: Tuesdays of Texture

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

On our first day in Egypt we visited a carpet making school that was close to the pyramids at Saqqara. We were told that education is compulsory in Egypt up to the end of primary school level. In agricultural areas, … Continue reading →

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Port call in Papua New Guinea: FFFAW

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

The passengers from the cruise ship stepped onto land to be greeted with a cacophony of sounds. Tribal drumming from one quarter, taxi drivers spruiking in another and the other quarters, two schools competing for attention, the begging bowl in … Continue reading →

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Learning to Write: Times Past

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Following a fiction piece I did for Charli over at Carrot Ranch with the prompt ‘blot’ my piece mentioned a copybook. I was surprised by the number of people who had not heard of a copy book. I asked my … Continue reading →

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I repeated Kindergarten three times.

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

I commenced school very early in life. At three my parents enrolled me at Tamworth Church of England Girls’ School in Kindergarten. As my mother was getting bored at home and because the school required a latin teacher for their higher … Continue reading →

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