Record of Meeting Wednesday 19th
September
Present: David C, Geoff. Cath, Wendy, Terry, Mary Wendy,
Jo and Robyn
News
David has been chopping wood, lots of wood; Geoff has
had an uneventful week, catching up on some TV shows. Kath brought in some
Thunder eggs from her collection. Wendy has some warts frozen on her big toe,
very painful. Terry spoke of his daughter’s recent operation to remove a brain
tumour. All seems to have gone well. Mary spending time in the garden and
enjoying the grandchildren, Wendy enjoying spring, clearing the bush preparing
for a long hot summer. Jo, just an ordinary week, enjoyed watching some old
movies from the days of “dialogue”. Robyn’s glad to have Joe home from
hospital, and being at home.
Word of the day
Jo
Secretion Separating
substances
Wendy
Envision To
conceive of possibility in future
Mary
Nebulous Cloud
like, vague
Terry
Contemporaneously
At the Same Time
Wendy
Mendacity Untruth or lie
Cath
Turgid
Swollen or bombastic
Geoff
Attenuate Thin out
or reduce
David
Vernacular Mother tongue,
basic speech
Robyn
Implicit Having no doubts, implied or understood
though directly expressed.
Explicit Absolute, accurate, easy to understand
Quickwrite for members using the words
of the day. As usual many different stories,
Shire Effluent – Double Dipping –
Toxemia – Cow Dung – Verbal Diarrhea-
A Natural Piece – Crossing the River –
Drips Under the Bed – The Politician
Home set from the previous week was
“Unconscious”. Members found this difficult to get a handle on, but Terry did
not let us down with a very witty poem.
Geoff read some more of his novel, set
in Japan.
A short discussion was held on the
interaction between strangers, and how much we can learn about people in a very
short time, this was following by members using “dialogue with a stranger” as
the theme
As always some excellent and varied
subjects, Lost in the Atherton Tablelands- a Trip on the Bankstown Line –The
hardship of the Quiet old man on the Train – The friendly Ozzie, Coffee in the
Park -
A Ride on the Ferry.
Homework for the
week “Should I go to the
Funeral?”
