06 December 2017

Record of meeting 6 December 2017


The writers
Terry, Helene, Lynn, Elizabeth, Pat

Christmas lunch 
All members are invited to our Christmas lunch from 12.15 pm on Friday 8 December at the Pelican Restaurant. Please let Helene know if you will be attending

The words of the day
Malign – speak ill

Aggravate – make worse
Ozone – condensed form of Oxygen

Atonic – an unaccented word or syllable, voiceless
Scrounge – to obtain with no intention of repayment

Writing from words of the day
The writers did not malign others or scrounge when writing about Smokers, His friend, Asthma, My girls and O words.

Reading of homework
Five writers read out their homework on the topics - My mother, She drinks therefore she is, When I was young, She thinks and How can they say.

Exercise – a quote and other inspirations
The writers used their creativity to write stories about - It was alright for George, Best of friends, The music of the band, Scarlet O’Hara and Gone Global.

Homework
The Lions of the Menin Gates – returning a gift