Record of meeting 18 January 2012

Present: Gary, David R, David C, Robyn, Geoff, Trish and Helene.

News: Geoff is going to Shropshire for his son’s wedding in October. Trish has another set of visitors and has been doing cross words to improve her mind. Garry saw $99 tickets to KL with Air Asia X and was motivated by David R's swimming. David R has been to Fitzroy Falls and stayed for a few days with a friend and enjoyed bushwalking there. He also went to the Tea Garden restaurant in Nowra and recommends it. David C went back to Dubbo and saw his 5 month old granddaughter Skye Blue. Robyn and Joe are planning to move to Valhalla Retirement Village in Chain Valley Bay where they will be able to build their own house.

Word of the day: Trish – placate = to calm, to made less angry or hostile. Geoff placify = a word made up from the John Howard era. Gary – hakalao = a stare in martial arts as in meditation seeing beyond the body. David R transcend = be or go beyond the range or limits from the Latin. David C – involuted = twisted and confused, to turn inward. Robyn – whittled – carve with a knife or reduce. Helene - Sanguine = naturally cheerful and hopeful.

Quick write

Geoff wrote about the diamond of an idea. Trish beer, body language and self confidence. Gary – an irate biker, 000 and the goodies. David R – deep fried chips and the party with Marty. David C – Johnny second in command of the business. Helene wrote about Marty the angry man.

Homework
Trish – a story a passion for dogs, fairies, gnomes and goblins. Gary wrote a letter to his granddaughter Skye written in 2017 delivered by Dr Who reminding her about revivification. David R – a poem about travel on a moon beam to Sydney for a primordial fling. David C – dreaming and running with the Queen of Fairies through the flowers to embrace in the wood cutters cottage. Helene wrote about the future with our borders closed to migration.

Books and other information: David R spoke about Canadian writer Margaret Atwood and her work and the similarities of growing up in Australia and Canada. David also spoke about the work of P D James. David C shared the sad story of his cheque book. Geoff spoke about enjoying the work of Joyce Carol Oates. Robyn reminded us about the Renaissance exhibition at the National Gallery.

Exercise:
Each person wrote one word on a page and passed to the next person to write a word starting with the last letter of the previous word. We passed the pages around the table twice. We then used the 14 words to write short stories. It was a fun exercise.

Homework:
Write a letter to yourself from your 20 year old self include your thoughts, ideas and attitudes at age 20.