GM: Today is Thursday the 14th of June, 2018. Trenna Mahney is telling us of her memories. I reckon we ought to talk a little bit more about your time at Girls’ Friendly Society, in Adelaide Terrace in Perth.
THM: Just to place it a bit better… I remember that it’s at 122 Adelaide Terrace. And across the road a little bit was the Sheraton Hotel. [GM: Now the Pan Pacific Hotel… Read the rest ... “The Kitchen Tapes #22”
GM: Today is the 12th of June 2018, it’s a Tuesday. Trenna Mahney is here talking about her memories of her life.
Tren, we were talking yesterday about when you first moved into Girls’ Friendly Society. You described the accommodation there, and a little bit about what you did. Tell us a bit more about that era of your life.
THM: I really enjoyed my time at Key Personnel. It made me grow up … Read the rest ... “No. 21 in the Kitchen Tapes Series”
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 … Read the rest ... “Medical Records – Cardiology No. 5”
4 March 2013
By Trenna, with an intro from Greg
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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It looks like we ate a few home grown vegies in January 1993. That was probably the peek of our vegetable growing as a short time later we built a swimming pool that took up most of the sunny space in the back yard.
Having said that, we always (and still do) grew quite a wide range of herbs and still grew the … Read the rest ... “The Menu Diaries No. 10”
By Greg then Trenna
This post comes from another document on Trenna’s well organised (of course) iPad.
All I’ve done is cut and paste the original document into the main body of this post. I’ve also inserted a PDF of the original document as it appears on the iPad.
I hope you find it either useful or interesting – or both.
Greg
Consider Heat or Ice.
Heat helps … Read the rest ... “First Aid & Home Remedies”
GM: We are continuing our recordings with Trenna Mahney. Today is Monday, the 11th of June 2018. Tren, we’ve talked a lot about Craig House. Eventually you moved out to Girls’ Friendly Society. I think you were 15, it was 1973. Tell me about that era.
THM: Well I turned 15 in September 1972, and that was the final year of Craig House. I spent the … Read the rest ... “The Kitchen Tapes # 20”
[ GM: This was one of the longest recordings at 1 hour and 6 minutes. In it Trenna sounded less tired than she had in other recordings, especially in the ones that were to follow. To see why this one was a bit different I looked at Trenna’s diary for this date and was surprised to see that she was not at all well, and had not slept much the night … Read the rest ... “The Kitchen Tapes No. 19”
by Greg
I’m a Justice of the Peace in Western Australia and I volunteer at a signing centre. People come in without an appointment and ask me to witness signatures or to certify various documents.
I’m only rostered on once a month so it isn’t particularly onerous.
The other day, a guy who was probably in his early seventies, came in to ask me to certify some documents for him. He told me straight away that his wife … Read the rest ... “Grief – What I’ve Learnt in the First 18 Months”
GM: Today is Friday the 7th of June, 2018, I’m with Trenna Mahney. Tren, tell me a bit about, you had been living at Craig House whilst you were at school until third year high school. What happened then?
THM: Well I was in 3rd year and Craig House was going to close in 1972. I don’t know why, we assumed they had run out of money.
The food had definitely become … Read the rest ... “The 18th of 24 Kitchen Tapes”
By Greg
Recently I was reading a Marfan Syndrome Facebook Group post. The person was asking about people’s different experiences with pain killers. A really important issue for Marfans.
I gave a reply which, among other things mentioned medicinal cannabis (MC). I then got some other questions about our Australian experience.
This post is based on my reply to them.
If you aren’t in the market for MC there is … Read the rest ... “Medicinal Cannabis”
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Monday 2 November. Cardboard sausages. These were left overs from Colin and Julie’s barbecue the day before.
Tuesday 3 November. Once again Tren’s Original Curry, as discussed in previous Menu Diaries.
Saturday 7 November. Muresk is an Agricultural College affiliated with the university at which I was working. It is about an hour and a half drive North East … Read the rest ... “Menu Diary No. 9”
Recorded 5 June 2018
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”
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 … Read the rest ... “Medical Records – Cardiology No. 4”
For an introduction to what these Menu Diary posts are about, please click here.
Monday 28 September. Roast Pork. I would have made this one. Mainly because Trenna would have real trouble lifting a hot pork roast safely, and secondly because in those days I always got the crackling perfectly crispy.
Wednesday 30 September – Sunday 4 October. I went away to the National Australian Institute of Tertiary Education Administrators (AITEA) … Read the rest ... “Menu Diary No. 8”
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”
By Greg, plus Trenna’s iPad document
This story has it’s origin in 2007, or maybe earlier.
In the 2000s Trenna became part of a group of women from around the area – mainly in our street – who had formed a craft group. Trenna hadn’t been much of a craft person, but she was keen to be part of the community.
She had met most of the women before, but because of the group she developed a friendship with … Read the rest ... “BABY ZARA HEIRLOOM BLANKET”
Introduction by Greg and then Trenna’s words, with only a little editing
The inverted commas in the title were in the original document. A “Body Migraine” is a Trennaism. In this case the term she used to describe this set of symptoms.
This is another post that I am including mainly for the benefit of those with musculoskeletal issues. That of course incudes those, like Trenna, with Marfan Syndrome.
Trenna’s words below were on her iPad. It looks like … Read the rest ... ““SCOLIOSIS BODY MIGRAINES” ”
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Tuesday 25 August. Trenna made moussaka again, which I’m sure I enjoyed – it would have taken her ages.
Thursday 27 August, chilli spaghetti is a really easy and fast meal. As it was a Thursday we probably did the grocery shopping first (the only night supermarkets were open late) and then I would have cooked it after we got home. … Read the rest ... “Menu Diary No. 7”
GM: OK, We’re here today with Trenna Mahney. Today is Thursday, the 24th of May, 2018.
Tren, we’ve done a lot on your primary school, could you start now by telling us a bit about what you remember about High School?
THM: High School was at the start of a new decade, it was 1970. Everything in the world had changed in 1970.
I was going to Kent Street Senior High School, … Read the rest ... “The 15th Kitchen Tape”