Present:
Wendy, Trevor,
Elizabeth, Jo, Cath, Terry,
David C, Geoff, Jenny, Lynn and David R
News:
Cath painted a door at
home, Leonie had lovely
telephone contact with her children, David C
has
an “urge to write”, Lynn
visited her mother,
Terry picked up a
beaut thesaurus at the markets,
Geoff had a quiet
week, David R and friend had an
Enjoyable drive to
Ulladulla and Cupitt’s Winery,
Wendy travelled to
Victoria, Trevor had friends stay,
Elizabeth spent some
lovely time in the Blue Mountains and visited Norman
Lindsay’s gallery, Jo had no news to share.
Polygamy – more than
one husband/wife
Careen – Move rapidly
Shindig – A noisy
party
Incongruous – Not in
agreement
Custodian – Caretaker
Rebel – Deny authority
Dilemma – Requiring
choice
Force Majeure –
Inability to meet obligation
Frangible – Brittle
No one – Not anybody
Solicitude – Anxiety
We all wrote very
witty short stories and poems using “Words of
the day”
Trevor brought in a
100 year old Mini typewriter,
Elizabeth read her beautiful poem “The Trees", Cath had a lovely Iris
she wrote about, Leonie’s theme
was confidence and she brought a
beautiful charcoal drawing she’d done of
her young son, David C - Part one of
Old habits die hard, "A ring a vow and a
dog tag” Geoff “Sorobon” about the Japanese
abacus, David R a seashell and poem “Shells”, Wendy a great poem “It keeps me going”, Garry sent a story about the humble Tim Tam.
Discussion:
Terry reported no more news from SC Writers Centre about courses
Trevor is looking at our
DVD ‘Write a novel
David C, a follow up
to Die Hard
David R a bush ballad
“The middle of Nowhere”
For a short exercise
we created a hilarious progressive write
Jenny said goodbye to
the Group for awhile and thanked
us for having her.
“Choice”
