Meeting held on Wed. 6th October 2010
Attending: Mandy, Wendy, Helene, Cath,Robyn, Jo, Terry
Brags:
Jo...made a special effort in assessing TV ads...many annoy her...we agreed...
Cath...rece'd a new water meter for free??? lucky duck
Helene...came back from Canberra via the new road 92
Wendy...had a rear ender accident in Ulladulla...all okay
Mandy...sent off her entry for Finch Memoirs competition...259 pages, 69760 words...a task and a half but she did it. Well done.

Words:
Mandy...denominate...to give a name to something, to call or describe
Wendy...mussicate...to (silently) move the lips as if speaking out loud, to mime
Helene...brio...to be vigorous, lively
Cath...amorphous...without definition or shape
Robyn...skirmish...a minor battle
Jo...till...much discussion os use and spelling,
milquetoast...an extremely timid person
cleave...to split with a cutting blow
bascinet...a pointed full face helmet..bassinet...a hooded baby's basket
Terry...retronym...a new name for an object to differentiate it from a more recent
version...eg. guitar...now acoustic guitar and electric guitar

Homework...anything arising out of last week's exercise on unusual facts
Helene...you use more calories to eat celery than it contains????
Wendy..."One of those days"...a poem...funny as always
Mandy...read a synopsis of her memoir entry.
Terry..."The Cockroach"...interesting analysis of humanities future issues with this
well-to-be-feared insect.
Jo..."Worms"...a poem and a good one too.
Robyn...re cockroaches and the ends her mum went to to exclude the buggers from her
house...very funny.
Cath..."JB"...a story about Jeremy Benthem's skeleton

General...
1) Discussion about our weekly agenda and things we could do
2) Re new Anthology...Terry to talk to Sanc. Point Printing about printing it
Stapled back okay...cover to be a photo of contributors???
3) Re blog...look at putting a piece in the "About" re our group
4)...add the blog address to our entry in the "About"
5)...Price still shown as $5 per week in the "About"...fix
6)...review the recipe book w/- story/poem
7)...modify the blog general description if possible

Quick Write..."spending purgatory with..."...an interesting range of stories/poems

Homework...Write a children's story...age to 12...open to any ideas