THE BAY AND BASIN WRITERS BLOG
JUNE 29TH 2011
ATTENDING. Mandy Byrne. Eva Brown. Wendy Williams. Terry Mclafferty.
David Rudder. Di Hamer. Melissa Ehrhardt. David Cargill. Jo Ball.
News of the Day.
Welcome back Jo she has been sick and we missed her unique sense of humour.
Di. Her daughter has met a nice man on the train and chemistry was struck. Di hasn't met him yet so is worried as all mum would as her daughter has a disability
Wendy has been sick and feels better now Went to a concert Freddy Mercury look alike concert. Wendy can sing any Queen song, she knows all the words but refused to give us a recital.
Mandy Now a proud author and has sold 7 books. Whoopee.. Still has a sore jaw and can't find a cure. Dentist says it is neuralgia.
Melissa. Her young cousin went home to America
Eva Her 14 year old has a boyfriend and she is okay about it. The joys of having a teenage daughter.
Terry Spoke about mashed potatoes not sure what he meant but everyone else laughed.
He also put two entries in a Poet's competition Good luck Terry.
Jo finally got rid of her rash and feels better. But what it was caused by she has no idea.
David C. Visited Art Rush on line and was surprised there was only a few that rhymed he found this a bit off putting. He admits to being an old fashioned poem.
David Rudder. Reading Michael Connelly's book The Poet and is enjoying it. His hip is feeling much better and he has enjoyed walks on the beach.
Word of the Day
Wendy. Tantamount it means the equivalent value or significance.
Melissa. Filibuster To obstruct legislation by making long speeches Or as a noun it can mean a Buccaneers
Eva. Pusillanimous. Cowerdly to not help another in trouble.
Terry. Parochial.. Pertaining to a parish. Limited in outlook .
Jo. The longest word. meaning a lung disease caused by chopped dust.
David.C. Manifest to dash against or offend. Difficult to be seen or understood. Obscure to the eye. To hold public meetings too.
David R. Druid. A priest or soothsayer in a religion.
Di. Spectre. A ghost or vision.
.Homework.
Di Did What Ifs. Short story. Beautifully descriptive of Kangaroo Valley
Wendy. A poem about twins. In her usual funny way it is so clever.Also did one called The Boyfriend. To be sent to Helene for the writers blog.
Mandy. A short story that might get longer first chapter called The Wrong Time.
Terry Hey Dad. A poem really funny. Read it on Bay and Basin Writer Stories Blog
Jo. Identical. A poem.
David C. To Erica A short story. A very sexy story. He is still thinking about sex he has a one track mind.
David R. The Clones Closed Party. A poem about making babies in a test tube.
Exercise. Picking out sayings from words. Verbosity.We are all quick off the mark clever lot.
Quick Write. We were each given a fortune cookie and had to write about the contents.
Homework.
Around mid-morning you realize that everything that is happening seems really familiar. After much thought you discover that:
a) you are reliving a day from your past.
b) a dream/nightmare that you have had is now happening for real or
c) your life has fallen into a terrible rut and now you must take drastic measures to find a way out of it.
Write one of the three.
Good meeting with lots of laughs and jokes.
