23 January 2019

Record of meeting 23 January 2019



Before our meeting the writers attended lunch in the Chinese Restaurant at the Vincentia Golf Club with Diane Bestwick author of “and a bird sang”. After lunch Diane spoke about her time in China and her experiences in publishing her book.






The writers

Pat, Trevor, Helene, Garry, Fran, Terry, Pauline, Diane and welcome to Diane Bestwick from Canada


The words of the day

Scold – a nag

Hubris – arrogant

Droll – dry amusement

Dissident – not in agreement

Comer – the person who comes first

Perfunctory – lacking interest or enthusiasm

Shenanigans – silly or high spirited behaviour

Facebook – an online social networking website

Entrepreneur – a person who sets a business to make profit

a shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician.


Writing from words of the day

Without shenanigans the writers used the words of the day to write about - Scott Morrison, Donald Trump, Nerd, Given everything, The bartender yelled, Who would have thought, Living with the in-laws, Never last and Scroll on.


Reading of homework

Six writers read out their homework on the topics - Three more days of food, Background to the Rakhine State, the Karen refugees of Burma, and a bird sang, A view of a tree and Economic refugees.



Homework

Write about someone in history who has made a difference.
















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