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Time, Memory & Identity (Part 3) + The Sense of an Ending – book Review

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

As we saw in Part 2 our memory is a construct and if the ability to remember and recount our stories gives us our identity then is ourself a fiction? This is the premise of the 2011 Man-Booker Prize winning … Continue reading →

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Time and Memory: Part 2

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Part 1 is here. where I asked : In remembering, I too am overcoming the dimensions of time and space but do I have any interaction with the places I travel to or are those memories just visions of the … Continue reading →

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Time and Memory – Part 1

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Have you ever thought of yourself as a time traveller? I believe we are all time travellers to some extent or another. The sand drifts into darkness. The sea beyond crashes invisibly. I stand on the boardwalk of the beach … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Time: Random Musings

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

A week ago Roger had his bloods taken for the test that will tell us if he is moving out of remission. For a week he has been on tenterhooks – not made any easier by the haematologist, who had … Continue reading →

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Time in Memoir

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Originally written for Charli at Carrot Ranch Carrot Ranch Literary Community By Irene Waters My almost ninety-year-old mother rings me every night. A habit that began many years ago both to ensure that she had someone to talk to every … Continue reading →

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Transition of time: Weekly Photo Challenge

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

There was a time, not that long ago When onto the beach I could go I could walk and run and just have fun I could eat an ice cream cone. The change was sudden It came as a shock … Continue reading →

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Time Travel:Weekly Photo Challenge

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Frozen in Time Time in Motion More time and motion Going back in time Frozen, thinking it was a dummy advertising a dress shop she gave me a real shock when she moved. I have attempted myself to go back … Continue reading →

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Thursday’s Special: Time

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

When the huge clock in the old Queen Victoria building in Sydney is about to reach the hour the crowds gather, waiting for the passage of time. Once it is the o’clock the Westminster chimes peel forth followed by the … Continue reading →

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