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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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Silent Sunday: More rocks and some small pebbles
Weekly Photo Challenge: Nightime (city and country)
(13 photos) In the city being in the dark is only available inside your head: not having knowledge about an event or something of the like. The city lights twinkle out and the light house in the lake is bathed … Continue reading
Skywatch Friday: 26th September 2014 Noosa 8:14 am
Call me anything but don’t call me late for dinner: Names and their importance
Names are a subject of great importance to memoir writers. I would go further and say names are important for us all. Paul Eakin, states in his article Breaking the Rules: The Consequences of Self Narration that we learn from our parents … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday: A rock
99 Word Flash Fiction Challenge: Freedom
As soon as you hear the word ‘Freedom’ this song, whether it be Janis Joplin, Robert Miller or Gordon Lightfoot comes unbidden to mind. Kris Kristofferson wrote this song in the sixties. The title was given to him by Fred … Continue reading
Bite size Memoir: I scream You scream
Welcome back to Lisa and Bite Size memoir. Lisa has made some decisions on her break about her blogligation and although bite size is changing just very slightly it will still work well for all of us. In fact we … Continue reading
Silent Sunday: Out for a walk
Weekly photo Challenge: Enduring
(3 photos) Ta Prohm Temple, also known as the Jungle temple, is part of the Angkor areas temples located in Siem Reap, Cambodia. This temple certainly is enduring. Built in the 12th and 13th centuries by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII … Continue reading
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