News
Helene went back to a Pump class today and feels fit and healthy. Wendy drove over 600 kms for a picnic. David C has been busy painting and emptying the house for new carpet. Terry lost his phone and it was returned. Trish bought a photo of the time she lost her hair.Garry has lost a house sit because of a sick cat. Happy
birthday to Leonie who will have a friend and her son visiting soon and is
having a cataract removed tomorrow. Geoff went to a great concert last Sunday
and a friend’s café was burnt down.
Helene went back to a Pump class today and feels fit and healthy. Wendy drove over 600 kms for a picnic. David C has been busy painting and emptying the house for new carpet. Terry lost his phone and it was returned. Trish bought a photo of the time she lost her hair.
Words of the day
Annuit = a receiver of a payment, imbroglio = complicated or difficult situation, vassal = a slave who looks after land, convoluted to make more complicated, rancorous – unforgiving, revengeful, vengeful, implacable, resentful, bitter, merciless, pitiless, fulsome = exaggerated, overblown, abrogate = to cancel or repeal, visceral = bitter, gut feeling
Geoff - Tony Abbot on asylum seekers. Helene – Tom the monk Wendy – Black Adder. David C – the beheading of David Wasselhoff. Terry – Get rid of politicians.
Reading of homework gems
Future events and contests
* River reading 1:30 pm Sunday 23 September with Les Murray - $20 for entry.
* The Kembla Flame poetry competition closes today - but keep in mind for next year.
Exercise
Some funny characters emerged as we developed a character through a progressive exercise.
Quick and quirky writes based on favourite colours
David C – the rainbow.
Terry – Ferrari red. Trish – a sparkly person. Garry
– the colour of snow. Leonie – pale pink carnations. Geoff – indigo. Helene –
sea green. Wendy black.
Write about an encounter with a character you would like to meet. The character can be real, fictional, dead or alive.
