Present: Mandy, Wendy, David R, Muriel, Geoff, Leonie, Dave C, Garry
News
Mandy: is ready to make the big move to Chain Valley Bay - contact Mandy for her address. Mandy returned the groups printer and David C is looking after it at present. In addition David R is custodian of our one key.
Murial : visiting for 1st time in 2 years from South Australia – nurse working in a sea shore area.
Geoff: in Sydney for a week – went to a symphony and also attended the funeral of an old friend.
Leonnie: concrete work at the new house and nearly feels like home.
Wendy: got her digital things sorted out for her TV – all done for free.
Garry: good news about his nephew being able to sort out the computer for the internet
David R: swimming this week he saw a seal and another day it was a huge turtle. Wrote a poem about his life – Who Am I
David C: his daughter ran the triathlon and though not first, she did finish and he was at the ‘finish’ line to give her support.
Words of the day
Muriel: popinjay = dandy sort of person
Geoff: astute = perceptive
Leonie: limning = limning limning - iluminating
Garry: Onomatopoeia - used in poetry
Wendy : numinous – spiritual
Dave R: prescient = having knowledge before something before it happens – a prescient warning
We did a 10 minute quick write from words of the day.
Special infromation from Geoff
Nowra School of Arts 10th March 7pm Sydney Brass concert
Bay and Basin Community Centre Sunday 18th March – Gravellier Ensemble 2pm concert
Exercise and quick write
We did a progressive write where each person wrote a sentence then passed it to the next person to add to the story. Always lots of fun.
A quick write: 10 minutes. Observations in a Shopping Centre.
Homework – ‘I wish………’
