BAY AND BASIN WRITERS GROUP 

Summary of meeting held 14th December 2011

 Note: There was no meeting last week (7th Dec)

Attending. Mandy Byrne. Leone Worthy. Robin Kellner. Gary Homes. Dave Cargill.

Group News.

Dave. Short news that turned into a discussion on the S.A.S. very informative nothing to do with writing except if you wanted to know about it for your story. It began when we discussed I.Q.s we do digress but it was interesting.

Robyn. The good news is her husband is free of cancer. And she needs to have cataracts removed. Hopefully she will get it soon..

Leone. Her house is nearly ready to live in but she doesn't believe it, after so long.

She has to have some treatment on her neck for a pressure problem.

Gary. Things are going well for his sister.

Mandy. Had an SVT attack but the doctor said he likes people like me as it is something they can treat instantly. So after running a marathon without using my legs I soon recovered.. One good thing my husband is now willing to move into a retirement village, it gave him such a fright..

Dave. Life is good no worries.

Word of the  Day.

Leone. Skulk.  moves stealthily to keep concealed and avoid detection.

Gary. Destiny or Fate. Gary wonders about the word. Is our life pre distend.

Mandy. Frivolity adjective or Frivolous verb. not serious of sensible in content or attitude. acts rather  silly, or. unworthy of serious or sensible treatment.

Dave. Supercilious. Pompous or arrogant. Over bearing in your attitude.

Robyn. Hereditary. A trait or mannerism. Something passed down in your genes.

Quick Write on above words.

Mandy's Quick Write.

She had a frivolous nature, no one took her seriously and she was totally unreliable. My mother always said her destiny would catch up with her one day and smack her in the mouth. She would simper in that supercilious manner she often adopted as if she was special, and we were nothing. Her husband would skulk away and I felt so sorry for the poor man, fancy having her for a wife.

When I met her twenty years later I was astounded to note her daughter had the same hereditary traits or mannerism. How awful to pass on such terrible mannerisms or was it her genes maybe. My plump daughter looked me up and down and said well so did you, look at me. I should have kept my mouth shut.

 The others all gave an interesting and very different slant on these words. Gary's was quite deep and meaningful.

Homework. It was on the word Restraint.

Leone. She had a lot of trouble finding a way to do this homework. In the end she explained the word Restraint putting it into many different sentences. It brought forward memories of her father dying and the restraints the medical service put on helping her father to meet his death. It made her very bitter that they could not help him to die quickly, it was so hard for all her family.

Dave. Wrote about the parking officer who was abused by an old couple. A twist at the end.

Gary Wrote about fighting when he was at school and how he was expected to restrain from fighting.

Mandy.  Went looking for her restraint after being told to by her teacher and wondered why she never found it.

Stopped for afternoon tea.

For those who read this and were not there, you missed out on a nice cherry tart and homemade apple cakes.

Mandy read a chapter of her novel she is writing.

We then discussed bullying and how it effected us as children.

This is the last meeting till the second Wednesday in January. The 11th.I believe.

Our Condolences to our fellow writer Helene who lost her son ten days ago. Our thoughts and love go to her. God keep you Helene. We sent flowers and Helene appreciated receiving them.

Homework.

Flowers, Fairies and Gnomes.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.