News:
Wendy - Shopped til she dropped at ShellHarbour Square
Melissa - Moving Aug. 27 (Boo Hoo)
Cath - Increased to swimming 26 laps
Jo - Gave contact info. about Shoalhaven Councillor, Mark.Kitchener@shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au
Elizabeth - Visited Apple Tree Flat Bay
Brian - First time visitor to the group, writes poetry
David C - Chopping firewood, mixing with other poets
Geoff - Looking forward to watching Borgen resume on SBS
Terry - Went away for the weekend with the car club to Mogo
David R - He and his partner went to Bendalong
Diane - First time visitor, interested in writing about her travelling adventures
Word of the day:
Wendy - edacity - greedy
Melissa - larrikin - hooligan, person who disregards convention
Cath - emotive - arouses intense feelings
Jo - salivate - to make the mouth water
Elizabeth - cringle - eye loop in a rope (nautical term)
David - ambsace - complete bad luck
Geoff - febrile - feverish
Terry - inscrutable - incapable of being understood
David R - flabbergasted - surprised
Activity: Quick write using as many of the above words as possible in a poem or story
Reading of Homework: "Age of suspicion"
Jo - read a story about indulgent behaviour and a murder
Garry - musings about suspicion
Elizabeth - read a story about a previous homework topic, 'it's not what it seems'
Brian - read a poem, 'the smartest Dad of them all'
David C - read a story about a suspicious child who discovers who his parents are
Terry - read another part of his novel
David R - Inkling, a poem
Announcements and readings:
Geoff - Sydney library is having an event in August to celebrate author Thea Astley, he also brought in a book by Janet Frame, "You Are Now Entering The Human Heart" Let him know if you'd like to borrow it
Jo - there is a new moth in the area, it is yellow, purple and furry...and very, very scary
David R - read a poem, Satisfaction, recounting the splendours of nature by the sea
Exercise: A peculiar pet
The group produced a range of material from short stories to poetry about peculiar pets including a blue tongued lizard, cats, a slave, moths, and rocks!
Homework: "Ambushed"
