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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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Alphabetical Emotions: The Cloud
Tonight I was going to talk about terror. Terror is so close to fear that if you want to read about it I will direct you to my post on fear found at https://irenewaters19.com/2014/04/07/4125/ Sometimes you just have to escape … Continue reading
Alphabetical Emotions: Sorrow
Sorrow is such an empty, gut twisting feeling. It is neither a positive nor a negative emotion – it is just a natural response, a necessary healing response to a loss or a disappointment or some other calamity which occurs … Continue reading
Alphabetical Emotions: Rage
When I grew up rage was violent, uncontrollable anger such as I described in my first emotion anger https://irenewaters19.com/?s=Anger Nowadays the Australian youth have a lot of rage on board. They go to rage parties where excessive drinking, drug taking … Continue reading
Alphabetical Emotions: Queasy
Queasy in itself is not an emotion but it is how I feel when I haven’t done anything wrong (or perhaps I have) and I am summonsed to appear before an authoritarian type of figure. This in my younger days … Continue reading
Alphabetical Emotions: Pleasure
Another positive emotion is pleasure which could be defined as being happily satisfied or having happy enjoyment. The things that give me the most pleasure are the unexpected events – flowers from my husband for no particular reason, a beautiful … Continue reading
Alphabetical Emotions: Outrage
When I think of outrage I think of the reaction I have to an event or happening of something outside of myself and my world yet it creates in me such anger at the perpertrator/s of the unjust act that … Continue reading
Alphabetical Emotions: Nuts
I need to go back to a positive emotion and I have to admit I’m hard pressed to find a positive one starting with N so I am going colloquial phrase for my piece tonight. I’m nuts over my husband, my dogs, … Continue reading
Alphabetical Emotions: Manic
Our new dog is manic. Never having had a small dog who is literally in your face all day I am finding my space rather invaded. He has now been resident for one week and two days and is really … Continue reading
Alphabetical Emotions: Loneliness
Loneliness is just a state of mind Aloneness is a state of being To be alone and lonely is depressing that is true To be with someone yet lonely makes you feel blue The art of being alone yet not … Continue reading
Alphabetical Emotions: Kindness
Kindness is a wonderful way of living life. It has such a powerful and positive effect on both the giver of the kindness and the recipient. Kindness can be in the form of thoughts, words or actions and be given … Continue reading