Record of meeting 12 March 2014

Words of the day

Banal = devoid of freshness or originality

Whetted = excite, stimulate, sharpen

Obliged = under a debt of gratitude for debt or favour

Cowed = disheartened or subdued

Contretemps = unexpected

Globule = drop, blob, bead, glob, ball

Crepitate = a crackling sound

Clout = thump, wallop, influence and type of nail

Excogitate = think out loud

Chagrin = feeling of disappointment, humiliation

Vestibule = passageway into a house

 

Writing from words of the day – less than six degrees of separation happening

We created a range of intersecting stories about Saliva and potato chips, Skin hugging tights, Precious, The scouts competition, Learning at the writing group, Claptrap investigating a mystery (Melissa confirmed that claptrap was word of the day on her IPad she just opened – na, na, na, na, na), The mob, His former self, Lycra undergarments and A tear and a cough.

 

Homework – lots more connections

 Our member in Thailand and other members shared their homework on the topics of The bicycle from Garry, The gawk hawk from David R, Like a bear from Helene, What a beautiful sight a self appreciative poem from Wendy, The silver tube from Terry could lead to more on the topic, My perfect day from Lynne, Wearing white for meditation by Margaret accompanied by a demonstration, Southern fried crush in a southern accent from Melissa, Busted at the bar by David C of course and My sister announced we are white water rafting on the Zambezi river from Elizabeth.

 

Afternoon tea

Snow balls (yummy chocolate coated marshmallows with coconut) and two varieties of Tim Tams for afternoon tea

 

Reading

David R recommends the P D James novel “Death comes to Pemberley” which he describes as fantastic. He will return it to the Sanctuary Point Library soon. 

David R will have a pacemaker inserted soon and shared his poem about it.

 

Exercise – physical not writing today

Terry and David C retrieved our cupboard containing fiction and non fiction books from the church. Books will be catalogued and are available for borrowing.

 

Homework

The forgery