Reminder - Christmas lunch 12 noon Thursday 10 December 2015 –
The Lodge Sanctuary Point
The writers
Wendy, Juan,
Helene, Leonie, Terry, Lynn, Cath and Di
We shared fond memories of Geoff
We shared fond memories of Geoff
Words of the day
Prattle = talk like
a child
Caprice = change
of mind
Glib = fluent but
insincere
Aquiline = curved
like an eagles beak
Lesson = a single
period of instruction
Redolent =
reminiscence or strong smelling
Flunky or flunkey =
servile person, manservant who wears a livery
Writing from words of the day
From the
interesting collection of words we created a range of glib stories and poems - In
King Charles’ Palace, They really stink, Like a small child, Makes my uncle
mad, Water from the horse trough, Gentleman’s gentleman, The scent of
frangipani and The young speaker.
The writers
present read out a range of interesting stories and poems on the topics - Ted
and Brady, Anne Teak, Unexpected, A 50 year old letter, The fish walker and The
pencil.
Exercise – the looser
The writers concocted
great stories and poems on the topics -
Recognition of the
tooth fairy, Don’t Loose her, The prize, In control, A bit of a looser, The
plumber and the loo, The tooth fairy’s mother and the lawyer and Probably a man
with an axe.
Homework
When I arrived
home I found I had a boot full of blood
