Meeting 1 September 2010

Present: Terry, David R, Jo, Mandy, Wendy, Robyn, Helene, David C, Cath

Brags: David C could not master the blog, he won’t be here for the next couple of weeks, has laid storm water pipes in his front and back gardens. Robyn is no longer crazy. Terry had a wart not skin cancer. David R met Jo in the doctor’s surgery at Basin View and is seeing a skin specialist in Nowra about a skin cancer on his back. Wendy has a $3 note and her dog died. Helene had the poem “A view so pretty” printed in About.

Word of the day:

Cath – vituperative – scolding, berating, objective, vice
David C – iniquity – not equal
Jo – focused – now spelt with two s’s, advisable and wrath – angry about something you have been holding in. The name of the Australian rat is bogul
Terry – hush puppy – a small ball of corn meal to keep a puppy quiet
David R – penchant - a strong or habitual habit, liking, inclination
Eschew – abstain from Old English and German
Mandy – metathesis – transposition of letters in a word
Wendy – enervate – to weaken or destroy the strength

Reading from homework:

Cath – was slothful so didn’t do her homework
Robyn – Chocolate licorice stick
David C – Brian - The gormandizer
Jo – The sensible way to end anger
Terry – Anger at everything
David R – The Trail blazer - poem from his great, great grandfather’s life
Mandy – Sins in paradise
Wendy – I’m a sinner
Helene – Seven deadly sins

Two exercises: Annoying words and phrases and word exercise.

Homework: The radio has reported that you have six hours left before a catastrophe is about to happen in Australia. What will you do?

Meeting 25 August 2010

Present: Vala, Wendy, Helene, Mandy, Terry, Cath, Jo, Robyn, David C

Brags:
Mandy cruising the pacific and experienced an earthquake.
Terry found a site that linked his wife to her siblings
Cath broke a bone in her foot
Jo has posh broken glasses and a different car and has finally arranged insurance and rego
Robyn has a healthy heart and a cat scan and diagnosed with a migraine without pain
Helene has driven the Neriga Road to Canberra, the road is not yet all sealed
Wendy her dog was bitten a paralysis tick

Word of the day
In depth discussions about everything from fluvial to osculate

Homework
Reading of lots of short stories from our childhood very interesting, cross section of upbringing

Exercise
Lots of short writes taking the subject matter from the names of race horses – Redfern waltz, Apollo Drive, Mister Anthony

Homework – The seven deadly sins.