Present
Melissa, Robyn,
Cath, Geoff, David C, David R, Helene, Wendy, Jenny, Trevor, Margaret, Terry,
Jo, Elizabeth
Trevor spent 3
days in Sydney and enjoyed a baked dinner cooked by his daughter, Margaret went to
the film festival, Terry had a quiet week and had some new thoughts about his
novel, Jo hasn’t had her computer for a few weeks so has been thinking about
her book and demonstrated her technique to fix the computer (it didn’t work),
Melissa reflected on writing 100 words and its effect on her song writing,
Robyn is settling in to her new house and has built new cupboards, Elizabeth
enjoyed watching men cutting down a huge tree, Cath went to a 1 st birthday
party, Geoff had a quiet week, David C
went to Kangaroo Valley Celtic festival, David R raved about his dentist,
Helene saw Red Obsession, Wendy went for a picnic at Swan Lake, Jenny also went to
Red Obsession and the Nicole Kidman film.
Quotidian – every
day usual
Metaphoric –
symbolic
Boor – rustic,
rude
Convivial –
sociable, happy
Nadir – the worst
moment
Bliss – enjoyment,
pleasure
Pithy – crisp,
concise to the point
Nuance – a subtle
chance
Vulgar – lacking
refinement
Ilk – a type of
Eclectic –
selecting from various styles
Retinue (n) – a
body of aides & retainers attending an important person
Sanctimonious -
hypocritical
We created a great
variety of stories many concerning our group including three men in a shoe, A
meeting we had to have, The bliss of silence, Who let him join, Colourful
language, Summer time, Not wanted in our group, The loving cup, more stories
about our group including starve them out, the cult and a pain in the ass.
Homework
We read our homework
including Brownie points, Double lives, Hello dad, The baby bonus, a sexy
letter, The pop corn vendor and the cat, The map, The triple knot, the kitchen
knife, a woman who pleases all men, A Ferris wheel of questions, Dates to
remember, The adoptee and Kevin no longer works here.
We again discussed
numbers for the group and decided we would reconsider the issue if numbers go
beyond 14.
Geoff recommended
the Concert the stars of the eisteddfod in the Entertainment Centre in Nowra,
this weekend.
Geoff also
recommended the current Photo exhibition at Lady Denman which closes soon
Terry is waiting
for more information and will report back on options on training next week.
Robyn has ordered
“Write your own novel professional edition” for the group. We will know more
when it arrives.
Geoff recommends
reading
George Megalogenis
- The Australian Moment – an overview of Australia
David R read out
his poems Gloss and Blind Corners about decorating and life. We all love a good
gloss.
We each selected
words and completed a 10 minute write and came up with stories about Boorish,
Zero, The headless man, Welcome to heaven, Greed, the vase and flowers in the
garden, Sunday, understanding small, bones, nothing on his mind, $50 off and
treatment.
We also wrote a
sentence including the word treatments and listed as many words as we could
from the word. Some good scores I think Wendy or Jo topped the score with 15
words.
Homework
Write a short play
in language suitable for girls and boys of primary school age based on the parable which will be
emailed to you. If you don’t get the parable choose your own parable. The aim
is for children to role play using their language to help them remember the parable. Cool.
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