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.
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
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.
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
