12 February 2014

Record of meeting 12 February 2014


News of the week - a week of cats and dogs

Geoff is not well and staying with friends at Calala Beach- we would send him a real get well card if we could - instead we send him out best wishes for a speedy recovery and return to the group.  David R has enjoying swimming, walking and writing. Cath announced her birthday on Facebook and made cats meat stew, she also received a condolence card from Fifi the cat. Melissa discussed SFA. Helene discussed frozen tomatoes. Wendy went to the dingo farm and shared interesting information.  Terry went to the sailing of the Hobie Cats on the weekend. Jo has been to doctors and other boring things, and wore her new glasses to impress us - see pic below.  Leonie has visited the beach but went home  quickly because of the strong wind. Welcome to Debbie who writes in her head (doesn't everyone she asked, she will fit right into the group) and is doing a writing course soon

 
Words of the day

Putative = generally considered or reputed to be

Niche = small space or speciality

Filch = to steal something small

Nascent = not yet mature fully emerging or developed

Sandstone = a rock of closely adhering sand

Hope = feeling of expectation of desire

Infinitesimal = very small or calculus term

Leeway = make allowances

Diaphanous = transparent, sheer

Contrived = planned

 
Writing from words of the day

From our eclectic list of words we created brilliant stories about The exhibition house - Helene, Stealing sugar and salt - Wendy, People storing - Terry, How many grains of sand - Jo, The statue of remembrance - Debbie, The department store from Leonie, Dreams of a man from David, Hidden away by Cath and Cherubs from Melissa.

 
Reading of homework

George’s lost marbles - a poem from David R, A description of Mrs Louise Banks by Leonie, Jo talked about a character she had problems developing further, Terry - on the other side of the curtain, Fifi lost her marbles from Helene. The competition from Garry in Thailand contained a dog called Fifi - where is your respect Garry? Have you been living too long in a foreign land?

 
Information and reading

Terry read out the message about the See Change festival - Wild about words. We expressed interest in participating in the trivia challenge on the weekend of 1 June 2014.

David R – read his poem Shades he wrote this morning and another poem Dreams. David also explained how he sees friends in colour and told us our colours.

 
Exercise

We participated in a progressive write starting with Welcome to my world. The cobbled together stories covered - my stomach and the witch doctor, fins and fangs, The mental hospital, A bumpy ride, Up the creek, A zombie, Outer space, An unforgettable party, the Angel and falling on my face.

 
Homework

Trust me I’m a …………

 

 


Jo impressive in her new glasses - she says she can see better