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2010s Music Writing

Soundwave Festival 2013

4 March 2013

By Trenna, with an intro from Greg

Introduction

I had always planned on including this story from Trenna’s iPad. As I read it I can tell that she has done a bit of a download of her brain to get it down in print whilst still fresh in her memory.

I feel sure that she hoped to come back to it in future and elaborate on some of the comments. She either never got around to it, … Read the rest ... “Soundwave Festival 2013”

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1970s Craig House Kitchen Tapes Writing

The Kitchen Tapes No. 17

Recorded 5 June 2018

Some Better Days at Kent Street

GM:  OK, today is the 5th of June, 2018. I’m here with Trenna Mahney with her recollections. 

Tren, last time we were talking about your high school days, after we turned off the recorder you mentioned several particular incidents.  Perhaps you’d like to go to a few of those.

THM:  Well, I think I spoke about the various classes I was in, and I couldn’t remember the names of … Read the rest ... “The Kitchen Tapes No. 17”

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1970s Craig House Kitchen Tapes Writing

No. 16 in the Kitchen Tape Series

Recorded 1 June 2018, at our kitchen bench

Bullied at High School

GM:  OK. Today’s date is the 1st of June 2018.  We are with Trenna Mahney.  

Tren,  you started to tell us about high school before, can you tell us a bit more about your high school time? 

THM:  Well in the 70s I think there was a much less regimented approach to teaching.  I don’t recall having any outstanding teachers. 

People knew that I came … Read the rest ... “No. 16 in the Kitchen Tape Series”

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2010s Heart and Lung Failure Marfan Medical Medical Records Writing

Medical Records – Cardiology No. 3

PLEASE READ THIS FIRST – THIS POST IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE

The following historical information is for interest only. It should in no way be thought of as medical advice applicable to any other individual. Medical science has moved on, and no two people have the exact same medical circumstances. I hope you find the information interesting, To see the “Introduction” to this series of posts, please click here.

Common abbreviations used by Trenna in this series:
AF – Atrial … Read the rest ... “Medical Records – Cardiology No. 3”

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1980s Love and Marriage Snippets and Vignettes Writing

The Newlywed Diary

In It’s Entirety – all 390 words

Intro by Greg, the Diary by Trenna

Introduction

Today I was looking for a different piece of Trenna history, when I stumbled across a lovely hard cover book I hadn’t seen for some time.

It was bought at Myer (department store) for $15 (which sounds to me like a lot of money, considering it was in 1989). It comprises 100 or so blank pages.

The very first page has Trenna’s writing on both … Read the rest ... “The Newlywed Diary”

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1990s Darwin Writing

The Darwin Letters No. 2

By Trenna, Intro by Greg

It’s been a long time coming, and then it is only a short piece! The whole Chapter is only three paragraphs long.

Future installments will be in a different format, as you will see.

If you missed Chapter One, you can find it here.


By Trenna

Chapter Two

Leaving home

Finally, after months of consideration and anticipation, and weeks of preparation, departure day Thursday 10th November 1994 has thankfully arrived.  The past couple of … Read the rest ... “The Darwin Letters No. 2”

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1990s Darwin Love and Marriage Writing

Commencing the Darwin Letters

By Greg, and then Trenna

Trenna and I lived in Darwin the capital of the Northern Territory from 1995 to 1997. Darwin, for our international readers is well and truely in the tropics.

This is our copy of Microsoft Word Version 5. It came with 5.25″ floppy disks, 6 printed manuals, and a keyboard overlay.

During that time, thankfully, Trenna took the lead in writing home to friends and relatives. Yes it was the era of letters and expensive long … Read the rest ... “Commencing the Darwin Letters”

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End of Life Heart and Lung Failure Marfan Medical Mourning Snippets and Vignettes Visually Impaired Writing

I am Stuck

A Screen shot from Trenna's iPad
A screen shot from Trenna’s iPad

[Note from Greg: I don’t think for one moment that when Trenna prepared this piece on her iPad that she just added a nice picture to the top. I think the fact that she is standing on an island (Staten), with the rest of the world behind her (New York City) is entirely deliberate and relevant.]

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2010s Coping iPad Knowledge Marfan Medical Music Visually Impaired Writing

Moshing With Black Sabbath!

By Greg and Trenna

Reliving the Experience

Looking through Trenna’s iPad I came across the document she wrote to review/record the Black Sabbath concert we went to along with a friend, Adrian. It was the first time I had read this piece since 2016.

It immediately brought back memories of a really fab night. I also found some of the turns of phase pretty entertaining.

I will put her writing below, in the main body of this post but also … Read the rest ... “Moshing With Black Sabbath!”