06 April 2011

BLOG FOR 6TH  April
Attending.
Kelly Otes.
Terry McKlaffety
Cathy Rose
Jo Ball
Dave  Cargill
Leonay Worthy
Mandy Byrne
Gerildine Barton
Geoff Bolton
Robyn Keller (came late but forgiven)

News of the Day.
 Dave. Lit his new fire, the saga of his new fire being fitted and now needs firewood.
His brother is coming from England and wont be here next week.
Leonay. Going into hospital to have a nose job.
Mandy. Her dog has learnt to behave or else.
Geraldine. Has a kayak and she goes fishing in it and catches fish. This is a recycled kayak.
Geoff. Wrote a letter to the Financial Times about Singapore wanting to take over our stock exchange. This has been blocked all because of Geoff's letter.
Kelly. Went camping on the weekend.and had lots of fun it didn't rain on them.
Terry. Went camong, not with Kelly and enjoyed himself kayaking on the Crooked River, is there really a river called tha? He also got a bargain at a book shop and bought some reference books for $20, a bargain.
Terry told us about Mellissa's acheivemnet writing a poem called Our Land . Well written and very descriptive of our area..
Cathy who I want to call rose had nothing to report she has been gardening, cutting back blackberries.
Jo. Went away for the weekend to Lake Woolloomooloo and it stunk  she said, with lots of dead fish. And the water in the lake is too low and causes the smell.
Jo also wrote to the Mercury and complained about a mans comment  when he wrote to the Mercury complaining about people in Woolongong who are disadvantaged. Jo had her say about his attitude.
Robyn. Her husband's health has improved and he doesn't have to see the heart specialist for 3 months. Great news as it has been a worrying time for Robyn and her family.

Word of the day.
Mandy. Hologist. A maker of fine time pieces.
Geoff. Brook used not as a stream but can be to use and enjoy to bare or endure and can be used as a negative. Also Redapt. Meaning to censer something black out information on paper.
Kelly. Nouse. Intelligent practical person uses his nouse. Commonsense.
Terry. Defer. To yield in judgement or opinion with someone.
Cathy Expunge. To blot or cancel out.
Jo. Forgot how to spell her word.
Dave. Salacious. Leacherous not nice to be this.
Robyn Speechless unable to expunge her word.
Leonay. Peau-de-soie. Smooth fabric like Robyn had for her wedding dress. Of satin or silk.

Homework.
Jo. A Slippery Tale. A fantacy. Or fairy tale with a strange ending.
Dave. The Devils last spin. A tale of poker machines and the Salvation Army.
Robyn forgot to bring her homework just a receipt she thought was the homework from her doctor. We didn't think that worthy of reading aloud.
Leonay. She remembered the Day. An interesting short story. Well written. Good use of words set by Jo.
Mandy. Marmalade  with Dreams. An early settlers tale.
Geraldine. The Petrol Station. A tale of the unknown could be called horror.
Geoff. No homework.
Kelly Unknown Title. A Jabberwocky tale of nonsense. About her talking horses. Funny and well done.
Terry. Lucy. A poem. Cleverly woven with all the words. Well done Terry.
Cathy. Ginger. A short story. About a man and his cat.
We all used the words in different stories and poems.

Robyn read a piece from the Aussie Bible about Lent. In down to earth Aussie language.

Geoff read another part of his novel. Which is set in Japan. More character driven this time less description of the countryside.

Mandy read from her novel Birds Began to sing. Asked for suggestions and comments.

Exercise. Using the words that follows The hairs stood up on the back of my neck and I knew something was very strange, the moment I stepped into the room. Now write them in five different sentences using the same words.
Homework. What was in the room that made the hair stand up on the back of my neck, it was very strange.