Blog for 2nd March 11
Attending
Terry Knowlen. Trish Rock. (New member) Cath Rose. Jo Ball. David Rudder. Mandy Byrne Wendy Williams. Eva Brown.

Brags. \Mandy is doing a final proof reading to her romance story with a view to sending it off. Fingers crossed.
Wendy is off to a Mini Expo with her car club.
Trish. Went to a conference and has some interesting notes on how to send your publishers and will bring it next week. She is also involved in writing a story for a book of inspiration with her work and how to motivate herself. She has been a very busy lady.
Eva nothing much happening she is doing a certificate on Aged Care to break into that field of work.
Terry our new member, nothing happening except she has taken the great step of joining our group to stimulate herself. Welcome to the Mad House Terry.
Cathy. Her word of the day supplied by Wendy last week helped her be the clever one in her church group. We all thought it would never be used. To prove us wrong she found she was the only one who knew the meaning of the word.
Jo. She is training her house spider to come back when she takes him outside, he comes back. Trust Jo to have an unusual pet.
Dave. Read out a poem done in a different formate to his usual style. Senses. thought provoking and well written.
Daves Poem.

Senses.
To see, to smell, to touch and hear,
Are Gifts we take for granted,
The loss of any sense we fear,
Would leave us disenchanted

The sense of taste of food we eat,
Excites, the appetite, and palate,
The nectar of a food that's Sweet,
Adds colour life's palette.

The sense of touch can be erotic,
And send shivers down the spine,
Winging us to places quite exotic,
Sensual thoughts, smooth and divine.

The sense of sight lights up the world,
And eliminates the dark.
Our eyes open like a flat unfurled,
A fire, from a tiny spark.

The sense of hearing reveals the sounds,
From whisper to a roar,
Of all the noise from our surrounds,
Through our ears, come to the fore.

Our senses are great gifts we're given,
To light up our lives with joy,
And none of us should be forgiven,
If we can, we don't deploy.

Word of the Day.
Jo. Stultify. To render foolish. Snivel. To show emotion. Jo also gave us the word Ululation and have no idea what it means.
Cath. Fecund. Fertile fruitful. Impregnate.
Eva. Vilification. Character assignation. Aspersion which is verabal dispay of anger or vilification. To slander.
Wendy. Pootle. To wander or ramble down the road. Old English word still used in the midlands.
Lambaste. To thrash or beat or scold another in anger.
Dave. Cacophony a harsh discord mixture of sounds. A din a racket.

Homework.   The story of Cinderella written from the Step Mothers point of view.
Mandy. Did it and called it From her point of view.
Wendy. Did a poem called Bottoms. Very funny as usual.
Eva. Lady Tremain. A short story. Based on Cinderella.
Cath. Agatha's Comeuppance. Short Story about the subject.
Jo. The trouble with Cinderella was….Short stoy on the theme Cinderella..
Dave The story in Prose about Cinderella.

Break for Afternoon Tea.

Exercise of the Day.
We used the word of the day and made up a short poem or story using the words we brought in for the meeting. Several good poems and short pieces, we are a clever lot.

Quick write using the letter P for every word. Good laugh.

Homework. A man came and knocked on the door, he said you are a beneficiary of a will. Write a short story about it.

Meeting ended at 4pm.