Record of meeting 7 October 2009

Present: David C, Cath, David R, Wendy, Vala, Jo, Dale, Robyn and Helene as
facilitator, a merry band of writers and poets.

Special thanks to David and Cathy C for providing a warm and welcoming
meeting place on a cold rainy day when the keys to the church had gone on
holidays

Brags: Vala bought a glass frog which has facilitated encounters with
princes by email and on the beach.

David R was fortunate to attend today but has missed the group as a result
of recent dental surgery; he should be back in a few weeks.

David C has hearing aids and can now hear any whispers made about him.

Cath had a bee sat on her arm but no sting: maybe she is the new Dr
Do-little.

Wendy bought a new TV and when she took it home found the screen was
smashed. Wendy also has a new hearing aid.

Words of the day

Robyn - allegory - figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of
another; a presentation of an abstract or spiritual meaning under concrete
or material forms

Dale - mezzarine - Mazarine blue - a deep rich blue named after Cardinal
Jules Mazarin 1602-1661, He was a French Cardinal & Statesman, Prime
Minister under Louis X1V, real name Guilo Mazzarine. From Cath's
encyclopedia dictionary which is about 45 years old.

Wendy - burgeon - to begin to grow as a bud; to put forth buds, shoots as a
plant

David R - egalitarian - equal rights from the French

Cathy - Enigma - puzzling

David C - contumacious - insolent of legal authority

Homework - spring theme

Dale - a poem called Spun silk reminded us of mulberry trees and silk worms

Jo - Sometimes on a spring day - a story of bower birds and death

Vala - Spring has sprung a leak

Wendy - One spring morning

Helene - A spring fling - a romantic comedy

David R - two funny poems Getting old and Open door

Cath - Another day - about new life

Robyn - A cloudless sky

Exercise - We selected from a list of unusual occupations provided by Wendy
and wrote our own descriptions of the jobs.

Quick write - The topic of Meat pie and tomato sauce provided by David R
brought poems and stories of eating at the footy, the dangers of eating
pies, game pie, becoming an Aussie and calories.

Homework from Terry in absentia

One character asks another a question, who then answers "God no" What was
the question? Describe the two characters. Are they sitting/standing? What
tones of voice? What body language? Continue writing the scene.

Next week

Facilitator - Dale
Exercise - David C
Homework - Robyn (already given to Dale)




Helene