27 June 2012

Record of meeting 27 June 2012

The in crowd today - Terry, Trish, Garry, Leonie, Geoff, Helene, Wendy, David C. 
 
 
News

Helene went back to a Pump class today and feels fit and healthy. Wendy drove over 600 kms for a picnic. David C has been busy painting and emptying the house for new carpet. Terry lost his phone and it was returned.  Trish bought a photo of the time she lost her hair. Garry has lost a house sit because of a sick cat. Happy birthday to Leonie who will have a friend and her son visiting soon and is having a cataract removed tomorrow. Geoff went to a great concert last Sunday and a friend’s cafĂ© was burnt down.

Words of the day

Annuit = a receiver of a payment, imbroglio = complicated or difficult situation, vassal = a slave who looks after land, convoluted to make more complicated, rancorous – unforgiving, revengeful, vengeful, implacable, resentful, bitter, merciless, pitiless, fulsome = exaggerated, overblown, abrogate = to cancel or repeal, visceral = bitter, gut feeling

Writing from words of the day

Geoff - Tony Abbot on asylum seekers. Helene – Tom the monk Wendy – Black Adder. David C – the beheading of David Wasselhoff. Terry – Get rid of politicians. Garry – The baron and Clyde’s mistress. Leonie - Out on the street.


Reading of homework gems

Garry – Door keeper at an Anglican ball in the country. Leonie – Being near boys made me happy. Wendy – the stalker. David C – Dreams. Helene – the rabbit. Terry – the blonde in a blue dress. Trish – The last tram after the dance.


Future events and contests 

* River reading 1:30 pm Sunday 23 September with Les Murray - $20 for entry.
* The Kembla Flame poetry competition closes today - but keep in mind for next year.

Exercise

Some funny characters emerged as we developed a character through a progressive exercise.


Quick and quirky writes based on favourite colours

David C – the rainbow. Terry – Ferrari red. Trish – a sparkly person. Garry – the colour of snow. Leonie – pale pink carnations. Geoff – indigo. Helene – sea green. Wendy black.

Homework

Write about an encounter with a character you would like to meet. The character can be real, fictional, dead or alive.