Meeting Notes for 10th October
2012
(Wendy facilitated)
In attendance: Jo, Mary, Leonie, David R,
David C, Cath, Geoff, Wendy, Terry
News This week.
Leonie…Stayed home to write rather than a
trip to Pt. Macquarie
David C…Still chopping wood…Saw Di and
Steve at their café in Ulladulla… suggestion to hold one of our Wed. meetings
there. Geoff…Wrote a letter to the
Australian referring to plagiarism by one of their journalists Wendy…Going on a trip to Canberra, Cowra,
and Parkes Terry…had another fun
time with 3 grandsons…hours of fun just with paper planes and a ceiling
fan. Jo…Nothing to report Mary…went to see Cirque de
Soliel…fantastic David R…youngest
daughter’s b’day today
Cath…just the usual
Words of the day…
Jo…Scarlet…red, scarlet woman…interpreted
as representing pagan Rome
Mary…piscatorial…of fishing (Pisces)…a bit
fishy
David R…eidetic…an image which revives a
previous image in vivid detail
Leonie…bovine…someone a bit slow, not too
clever
Cath…salubrious…conducive to health,
wholesome
David C…penogammy (penology?)…the science of
punishment
Geoff…supine…lying down on your back,
listless
Wendy…nutate…nodding
Terry…facile…agreeable, yielding
Stories from words of the day…a range of
fascinating ways to incorporate the words...from fishing…to neighbours…politicians…napping…scarlet
women …reflections
Homework…
David R…a poem about a trip to Gina’s attic
with Garry… finding a suitcase filled with expensive goodies.
Leonie…continuing Madeline’s story…about
Josephine…a filing cabinet in an attic…and a hidden letter…showing past skullduggery
David C…about rose cottage…an old
port…gnomes…an angel…and a dove
Wendy…Fame…a poem…poor Mrs Average
Australian
Terry…Poem…three boys investigate an old
house and find a shrunken head.
Jo…Kids in a neighbourhood…always looking
for the mystery trunk…
Mary…Aunt Cecelia’s legacy…refound in a
porn shop…oops Pawn shop.
Garry…The continuing adventures of Prince
Lucky-Mole…finding Pandora’s box.
Post break…Mary read a story about a
Ushabti…obsidian figures buried with a body to aid in the afterlife…and a small
boy’s strange experience. Really interesting.
Leonie…read a young children’s story about
jumping onto clouds. Really very good…she should try and get it published.
David R read one of his poems. He’s
becoming quite prolific.
Terry…read a couple of poems by Spike
Milligan. What a talent he had.
Exercise…The letters of the alphabet were
used as the beginning letter of a word or sentence. What a range of odd stories
and poems.
Homework…Do a description of a person,
place or thing so that the person reading it gets a real understanding of the
person or place…or thing.
