Meeting notes for 7th May 2014

Info.
David C.....Has had back issues gathering firewood...not 25 any more
Wendy.......Saw Brian Cadd and Glen Shorrock...terrific show
Terry..........May is birthday month...busy time
Lynn..........House sitting for Robyn and Joe
Helene.......Has laptop problems
Pam...........Just enjoying life in the Bay and Basin area
Elizabeth...Went to Collector Pumpkin Festival...now knows where Collector is
Cath...........Been minding 3 cats...oops lost one...found it again....hooray
Geoff.........Went to ukelele group for first time, also demonstration against ABC cuts proposed
David R.....Been further investigating David C's treasure chest.

Words of the Day
Pam.............parkour......training system utilising obstacles
Elizabeth.....gillie..........man attending a person who is hunting or fishing
Cath............cacophony..raucus, mixed noise, harsh discord
Geoff..........runcible......splayd like spoon with a cutting edge
David R..... prerogative..a right or privilege
David C..... scurrilous....use of vulgar abusive language, defamatory, untrue
Wendy....... laconic........terse, man of few words
Terry.........  nebulous.....vague, lacking definite form
Lynn.........  trapse..........walk idly or wearily without reaching a goal

Stories/poems from these words
Again a wide variation of ideas including parliament, traipsing through forests, lots of birds and  
gillies, and the odd commando unit.

Homework readings        (letters to/from the battle front)
Lynn..........Vietnam, a mate loses his life
Terry..........Poem about a soldier 5000 miles away and dying in Afghanistan
Wendy........lightened the moment with a tongue in cheek letter from a wife carrying on about her
                   "tough" life at home while husband plays soldier with his mates.
David C.....A real "Dear John" letter, and the mystery of astrological forecasts and Snoopy.
David R.....poem...from the front
Geoff.........a story re Chile that has lit the candle of interest in Geoff planning a visit.
Elizabeth..."Dear John" letter to a young man caught up in the moment and regretting his actions
Pam...........Letter from the front ...the Middle East...emotional
Leonie.......Isn't there another way...conversation not confrontation

General
*  Update re "Wild about Words"...those wishing to participate in reading their own work need to contact Sue or Boobook book shop.

Exercise..a quickwrite

"Write from the viewpoint of someone who committed a murder today but...do not mention the murder."
What a talented bunch we are. Efforts included...One a day, Shopping not stabbing, Doing Bertie in,
The blacksmith and the bloodied hand, Lime and the six foot holes, Done Kitty in...your job to bury her, Don't mess with me, Killed Joyce...or Killjoy?, Got to get away now,

Homework 

"One at a time"

Meeting notes 30 April 2014

Okay—Okay—Okay- It’s me again, even hiding behind Geoff I was found and the Mantle of Minutes Taker was thrust upon my effervescent head {ever known me to be effer wasn’t}.

 Present; Terry, Melissa, Lynn, Cath, Jo, Elizabeth, Leonie, David C, Geoff, Mary, Pam, David R, Wendy.

Info. 

Lynn.              House sitting

Jo.                   Trouble keeping her story on track.

Cath               Not letting the grass grow under her feet

Elizabeth       Too wise to be scammed / her daughter touring USA

Leonie            Back to nature at Bendalong beach

David C          Chest complaint now all good.

Geoff              Reading a good book about the women of the Eureka Stockade

Mary              Read an Email she had received.

Pam                Stamps for pensioners 60c at the Post Office

David R          Enjoyed his break, at his cabin near Gerrong

Wendy           Going to see Brian Cadd

Terry              Attended ANZAC dawn service at HMAS Creswell

Melissa          Having trouble containing herself, going to see Rick Springfield.

WoTD

Terry              Slake                   To quench or satisfy

Wendy           Charlatan             Imposter

David R          Foozle                Clumsy ---Botched

Pam                Rambunctious     Rowdy---uncontrollable

Mary              Malapropism       Comical misuse of words

Geoff              Elicit                  Draw out—extract

David C          Ire                      Anger ---resentment

Leonie            Assivism            Resemblance to a distant relative or event

Elizabeth       Bollard               Concrete or wooden pillar or harbour post

Cath               Ilk                      Similar characteristics

Jo                    Seduction         To entice –win over

Lynn               Allude               Infer in a round about way

Melisa            Grimalkin          A female cat ---an ill tempered old hag

Quick Write from WoTD

Terry              Hoist the mainsail               Melissa            Car park seduction

Lynn               Iron Lady                               Jo                    Swan song

Cath               Ship shape                            Elizabeth       Lion hunting

Leonie---Geoff---David C                       Similar theme, political, attack the government

Mary              Words of wisdom                Pam                Good use of words

David R          Poetic licence          

Good response all round

Homework.

Lynn               Invitation to a lady for dinner

Jo                    The unfinished house / cat lover

Elizabeth       An enthralling walk down memory lane

Leonie            Step out of a photograph

Geoff              Hector and the Silent Bus

Mary              Homeless Harry Field

Pam                Country lawyer in the big smoke.

David R          Interception

David C          A brilliant story worthy of a Pullet prize

Afternoon Tea

Exercise         A play on words using name association

Homework    A letter to/from a soldier.