13 February 2013

Record of meeting 13 February 2013

Present

David R, Garry, David C, Leonie, Lyn, Trish, Terry, Cath, Wendy, Helene and welcome to Maria


News

David C’s brothers will be visiting soon from the UK. Garry brought in an item about the Masai people where he once lived. David R highlight of the week was Sing Australia meeting. Wendy is going to Tarago for a picnic with her car club. Cath has been stripping off wallpaper. Terry bought a 1976 Triumph 2500 classic car last week. Maria moved here 30 years ago and has moved back to the area recently. Trish has been in touch with her cousin in England who reminds her of her dad. Lyn’s son has a new job and she is working on a new exhibition at the Lady Denman. Leonie has no news.

 
Words of the day

Quixitous = romantic notion, idealistic

Mendacity – dishonesty, deceit, lies, deception

Sully = to soil or dirty

Facile = pliant, easily gained, docile

Pettifogging = to quibble, or use cheap or mean ways in law

Acquiesce = to agree without protesting

Wax = to become angry at insinuation

Nuance = subtle difference or distinction or response

Conniption = fit of range or hysteria

Damascian conversion = the penny dropped

Disruption = answering phone call

 

Writing from words of the day

 David R – Wayne was waxed – a very funny poem

Helene – Madge the beautician

Wendy – Love can make you mendacious

Cath – Jim was violent

Terry – you can be king

Maria – called to dinner

Trish – Going crazy

Lyn – No time to relax with a quick write

Leonie – the meeting

David C – McDonald a scoundrel – very well written

Garry – Fifi waxed the table and became CFO – a very good story


Reading of homework

Trish – lessons from Adele including a very honest family portrait

Lyn – the slob at the kitchen bench – a great story

Leonie – thoughts from the past – a lovely story

David C – exemption from National Service

Garry – I love living in Thailand – a great letter

David R – Late delivery – like a letter in a bottle

Helene – Fifi has Music Appropriation Disease

 
Reading

Terry – more of the story of McCord

David R – read from “The infinite Plan” by Isabel Allende from Chile, also read his poems Alphabetical – about the group, Reflections and Liaisons both about love

 
Homework

 Valentine

 

 

 

 

 

 

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