Present
David R, Trish, Elizabeth
News
Margaret has moved to Vincentia with her cute little dog after living in a number of OS locations, she has
one e-book published
Cath has been
watching the water creeping up her yard and her cat chased a fox
David C recorded
275 ml of rain at Sanctuary Point over the last 3 or 4 days
Leonie has been
writing and sewing and heard from three of her children and went out to lunch
Jo bought in a
book called Sydney
Trevor noticed it
has been raining and has edited a story written by Jo
Trish finds its
good to be here
David R saw a
physio this morning and she said he is doing well and the bow has gone from his
leg - I wonder where he lost that bow
Helene is happy to be back after 3 weeks away
Words of the day
Pedantic –
priggish, meticulous
Crass – grossly
stupid, uncouth
Confused – perplexed
Fortitude –
courage in pain or adversity
Exude – to give off
moisture or smell slowly and steadily
Smudged – make or
become blurred
Adept – skilful
Willy nilly – it
happens
Reverie –
pleasantly lost in thoughts or daydream
Bibliophile – a
person who collects or has a great love of books
We created a wide
range of stories including The census, the manuscript, two succinct sentences from
Trevor, The professor watching students, The odd couple and an ordeal after the
anaesthetic, The idiot removalist, Sir Hector, In perfect order, The painting, &
Reading in bed with an owl in a tree.
We read out
stories about The love spell, The watermelon plant, The island’s GP, The art of
knitting a cloud – a cool story from Jo, Odd body parts a very entertaining
story from Trish, Hex, Bex and bad effects, The possum fur cape from Helene and
from Garry Aboriginal stories
involving circumcision, spitting, the witch doctor and a croaking frog.
Discussions
Margaret spoke
about the book she published on line based on her life experiences. Contact Margaret if you want to read her book. Look on Smash words for further details on how to publish on line.
We continued with
a discussion on copyright and e-books.
David R and Trevor
recommended the novel “A Blue stocking in Patagonia ”
by Ann Whitehead story of Mary Gilmore.
We also completed a
progressive write with hilarious results.
The year of
getting things done or do what you like.
