11 October 2012

Meeting on 10th October 2012


Meeting Notes for 10th October 2012
(Wendy facilitated)
In attendance: Jo, Mary, Leonie, David R, David C, Cath, Geoff, Wendy, Terry
News This week.
Leonie…Stayed home to write rather than a trip to Pt. Macquarie
David C…Still chopping wood…Saw Di and Steve at their cafĂ© in Ulladulla… suggestion to hold one of our Wed. meetings there.   Geoff…Wrote a letter to the Australian referring to plagiarism by one of their journalists     Wendy…Going on a trip to Canberra, Cowra, and Parkes      Terry…had another fun time with 3 grandsons…hours of fun just with paper planes and a ceiling fan.   Jo…Nothing to report  Mary…went to see Cirque de Soliel…fantastic     David R…youngest daughter’s b’day today
Cath…just the usual

Words of the day…
Jo…Scarlet…red, scarlet woman…interpreted as representing pagan Rome
Mary…piscatorial…of fishing (Pisces)…a bit fishy
David R…eidetic…an image which revives a previous image in vivid detail
Leonie…bovine…someone a bit slow, not too clever
Cath…salubrious…conducive to health, wholesome
David C…penogammy (penology?)…the science of punishment
Geoff…supine…lying down on your back, listless
Wendy…nutate…nodding
Terry…facile…agreeable, yielding

Stories from words of the day…a range of fascinating ways to incorporate the words...from fishing…to neighbours…politicians…napping…scarlet women …reflections

Homework…
David R…a poem about a trip to Gina’s attic with Garry… finding a suitcase filled with expensive goodies.
Leonie…continuing Madeline’s story…about Josephine…a filing cabinet in an attic…and a hidden letter…showing past skullduggery
David C…about rose cottage…an old port…gnomes…an angel…and a dove
Wendy…Fame…a poem…poor Mrs Average Australian
Terry…Poem…three boys investigate an old house and find a shrunken head.
Jo…Kids in a neighbourhood…always looking for the mystery trunk…
Mary…Aunt Cecelia’s legacy…refound in a porn shop…oops Pawn shop.
Garry…The continuing adventures of Prince Lucky-Mole…finding Pandora’s box.

Post break…Mary read a story about a Ushabti…obsidian figures buried with a body to aid in the afterlife…and a small boy’s strange experience. Really interesting.
Leonie…read a young children’s story about jumping onto clouds. Really very good…she should try and get it published.
David R read one of his poems. He’s becoming quite prolific.
Terry…read a couple of poems by Spike Milligan. What a talent he had.

Exercise…The letters of the alphabet were used as the beginning letter of a word or sentence. What a range of odd stories and poems.

Homework…Do a description of a person, place or thing so that the person reading it gets a real understanding of the person or place…or thing.