Record of meeting 17 July 2013

Present

David R, Terry, David C, Elizabeth, Cath, Margaret, Helene, Wendy, Trevor, Jo, Leonie and welcome back to Jenny visiting from Queensland.

Christmas in July lunch

Meet at the church at 11.30 am Tuesday 23 July 2013 to share transport.

News

David R had a friend staying and went out whale watching and saw dolphins, a small whale and seals. Jo has to wait till April 2014 to get her other eye done. Jo brought material from Dr McGorrie on mental health, anybody can participate and she will provide more details. Jenny took 8 hours to learn how to use a glass top hotplate. Trevor spent the week recovering from his cold. Wendy had a great weekend at Mudgee.  Helene had a flat tyre and the Manager of the Tarago Pub changed the tyre. Margaret had 100 copies of her book printed. Cath had her rubbish collected using her council voucher - ring the council to arrange collection. Elizabeth’s son recently visited and refused to share his lifejacket. David C cut up firewood. Terry had a massage on his shoulder and neck and is now sleeping better.

Words of the day

Myopia = near sightedness or lack of insight

Auspicious = fortunate, favourable future

Articulate = speak properly, movement of a joint

Ben = a high mountain peak, a room in a two room cottage

Guile = deceit or treachery

Fug = a warm stuffy atmosphere

Metonymy = a figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept eg Hollywood, Wall Street, Canberra

Scot free = from the Swedish word Sket a person who did not pay tax

Bucolic = country things, Sheppard’s, farming

Putative = reputed or supposed

Phrenology = study of the human cranium and head bumps

 

Writing from words of the day

We used the words of the day to write stories about Like minded people, overheard in the pub, travel in a bus studying a bald head, blind spots and bumps in the palace – a good poem from David R, Madam La Verne should have a shave, Not a legitimate occupation, view from the mountain, creative accountancy near Ben Loman, In the highlands, Ben and Scott and hoping for the best.

Reading of homework on a variety of topics

Jo told a scary story of a boy visiting her house, A small drop in the ocean a great poem by David R, He lies on the pavement a great story from Leonie, Superman’s problems with super powers an unusual story from Terry (not so unusual for him), notches on the bamboo stake on a deserted island, no lights on to read, flying to Columbia in a storm from Garry,  Snow on the railings to view ice burgs by Margaret, My first day at Kindy – a funny poem by Wendy, The last person on earth a true story from Trevor and diary of a house sitter from Jenny.

 

Reading of work

Terry read two chapters of his novel about McCord and the group provided helpful and fun feedback.  David R read a poem in the darkness and Jenny read a story about winter.

Exercise

We created stories using the terms - A burglar alarm, a love note and an untimely sneeze.

We were inspired by the love note as our stories included A note from Lady Godiva, Love letters in the toilet block, A black waterfall at midnight, Jenny and Jack, The milkshake lover, Carnation lover, I hope his wife is away, The nasty trick, A note on his chest pinned with a knife, mushrooms on toast, Love note to Alice, sneezing caused by a love note.

Homework

A storm