Record of meeting 17 October 2012

Present

 

Leonie, Jo, Jenny, David R, Helene, Wendy W, Terry, Robyn, Cath

 

News

 

Robyn’s husband Joe is home feeling like a yo yo after spending 10 days out of hospital since August, he is a lot better. Terry’s house was not damaged in the recent storms but his Renshades were and the company is replacing the material. Cath went to the RSL last week and slid down the leg of a chair and had a pond in her garage. Wendy W has been away to Yeovil and saw Banjo Patterson poems displayed. Helene has been away to Dubbo and Katoomba. David R’s daughter has recently obtained a job at the Noosa Leisure Centre. Jenny is returning to Queensland later today and has enjoyed her time here. We wish Jenny a safe return to Vincentia. Jo is into nothingness. Leonie is going to see her mother in Queensland on the weekend. Leonie has written letters to each of her children and it was emotional.

 

Words of the day

Panacea = solution or remedy universal cure

Teller = bank cashier, counts votes and one who tells

Parsimonious = frugal or penny pinching

Calumny = slander

Misnomer = misapplication or a word or term

Epitome = a summary of a book or article or a perfect example of a summary or type

Personality = individuality, offensive remark about a person

Animism = inseparable from matter to which all life, apparition

 

Writings from words of the day

An excellent array of stories - Personality of a wheelbarrow, In the house (a funny poem by Terry) The town of Panacea, Do we believe, Return for a body, The scrooge, Ms Nomer, Steve the teller, The right to be mean.

 

Reading of homework

The Scottish kilt, My bush garden, Tendrils in the garden, The party – seduction as an art – very entertaining, A little wind - invited into their world, Tempe tip. A tall thin man - Oscar Wilde. Discrimination – a poem through a haze.

 

Readings

David R – the bat from hell visits Meatloaf.

Jo – read out a letter written in 1925 from a man who was gassed twice in the First World War.

Terry provided explanations of lay (set something down) and lie (to rest in a horizontal position).

 

Exercise a 10 minute write about sleep

Half asleep or half awake: Ned nodded: Marmaduke the magician – a funny poem: The dream of sleep: Light through the curtains: Throttle the creep: Ideas through my mind: Stayed up all night: The orange wall.

Homework

Write about the family dynamics at a family dinner or picnic.