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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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Wordless Wednesday: Akaroa
Photo a Week Challenge: Wildlife
1. Each week, Nancy will come up with a theme and post a photo that I think fits. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog (a new post!) anytime before … Continue reading
Bite Size memoir No 9: Cycling
I can understand Lisa’s choice of prompt as Yorkshire sees the start of the Tour de France. We watched it on the television stunned at the number of people turned out for the occasion. Over a million we were told. … Continue reading
Risk Taking
Reading a post “The Past is always tense, the future perfect” Geoff from TanGental advises that we either “run shrieking with delight into the sea of possibilities or we can poke it suspiciously with a stick to see if a serpent … Continue reading
Silent Sunday: South Island New Zealand
99 Word Flash Fiction: The Future
The difficulty of looking ahead is difficult not only for Charli but for me as well. I am, after all, a memoir writer and in order to write life narratives the events must already have happened. It was easy to … Continue reading
Skywatch Friday: 4th July 2014, 1.45pm Noosaville
Floral Friday: From the edible garden
Pretty though they be salad greens and herbal teas are their destiny
Graduation
Today was Graduation. Noosa is a small campus which made the ceremony fairly short but with the same pomp and ceremony that you would get with a larger number of people graduating. Our university Central Queensland University is not a … Continue reading
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