19 February 2014

Record of meeting 19 February 2013


News

Welcome to Sarah from ABC Open who stayed at the Coolangatta Wine Estate last night for paddling and food. Also welcome to Susan who is writing short stories including one using emails.

Terry met up with old friends attending the Hobie Cat races, Leonie has been swimming and doing her physio exercises, David C has returned from beautiful Tasmania, Jo not doing much, Elizabeth is back from a gathering of the clan, Cath had a busy time at home, Melissa went to see the play the Long way home, Helene is having some deck supports replaced, David R is living the idyllic life and editing his old poems. Garry news he is moving from Thailand to Malaya.

Welcome back to Morrie who was not able to write from the time he left the group until recently.

 
Words of the day

Flaccid = soft and limp, drooping feeble

Belligerent = hostile

Encase or incase = to put in a case

Cathartic = purging

Cognisant = aware, having knowledge

Abnegate = to deny and renounce

Hubris = overbearing pride or presumption

Emergence = appearance, surfacing

Personal = individual,

Bionic = having artificial body parts

Besmirch = defame, slander

Jejune = naive, unsophisticated, superficial

 
Writing from words of the day

We used the diverse list of words and created a wealth of stories covering the topics - In Parliament from Leonie, Personal comments in the department from Susan, Question time from Terry, From the bathroom by Sarah, Salad greens from David R, Banana cake by Helene, The fairy and her operation from Melissa, The bionic character by Cath, Experiments in life, and Not human – strangely from David C.

 
Reading of homework

A baby’s hand – Terry, Further description of Mrs Banks by Leonie, I’m a procrastinator by David C, The voice from the gorge – Jo, A haiku poem from Melissa, Readers Digest by Helene, The scene of schemes by David R and The medicine man from Garry.

 
ABC Open

Sarah Moss who is the producer for ABC Open South Coast and Tablelands made a presentation to the group about ABC Open. Sarah informed and encouraged us to contribute to ABC Open. For more details have a look at https://open.abc.net.au/projects or contact Sarah on mobile 0477 309 110 or work (02) 4428-4544

 
Homework

A personal challenge – take the challenge - it’s homework this week and the topic for ABC Open contributions for February 2014.

 

 

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