28 May 2014

Record of meeting 28 May 2014

News

Melissa-enjoying volunteering at radio station
Pam- enjoyed having visitors, kangaroos were well behaved too!
Helene- went to Canberra to see grand son
Trish- ongoing issues with throat specialist
Elizabeth-nada, except for an eye injection
Cath- surveyed about electricity, turned out to be shocking!
Jo- car issues, that'll do
Geoff- new owner of a MacBook
Leonie- saw a baby kangaroo and it's mama over her back fence; planning a trip to see rellies
David C.- read poetry at Angel's cafe, ready to perform at BooBook for See Change
Margaret- went to Hill End and Cowra, also was in hospital, not as much fun

Lots of health issues for some of our members - wishing everyone speedy recoveries and healing.


Words of the day

glasnost-openness
importune-to beg, harass
stony-stone like, pitiless
gratuity- a gift, a tip
enterprise- a large undertaking
sequacious-to follow, consecutive
boondoggle-to do work of little value in order to look busy
cosplay-costume play; a performance art where people wear costumes
orison-prayer
misanthropic-hatred of all
macabre-from the grave

We then did a quick write using the above words.

Homework: disability


Garry - Disability, a short story about an aunt
Jo - Come On I'll Take You For a Nice Walk, short story about a frog
Elizabeth- The Character With a Disability, true story recollecting people in her life
Helene - Disability In Training, a shocking true story
Margaret - Disable  Enable  Delete, short story recollecting world events
Pam - A Dreadful Affliction, a true story about a lack of navigation skills
David C. - The Ghost of John Wayne and True Grit, short story about a robbery
Leonie - One At a Time, a short story from a previous homework topic

The following people are attending the Trivia Night on Friday:
Jo
Melissa
Terry
David C.
Cath
Geoff
Holly
Elizabeth

Exercise


Words and 'There' Meanings -Matching words to their meanings

Homework


That was by far the most dangerous thing I've ever ......





Recorded by Melissa posted by Helene

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