Record of meeting 5 March 2015

 

Present:

Wendy, Geoff, Jo, Diane, Elizabeth, Dave C, Lynn, Cath. Helene arrived late. 

 

News:

Wendy went to Wellington.  All clear for her leg.

Geoff: Rec'd letter from historian acquaintance.  Very pleased.

Diane: Got her licence renewed in time.  Cat got sick unexpectedly.

Elizabeth: Nothing to report.

Jo: Nothing to say.  Had a birthday, that's why she's saying nothing, 76th!

 

Dave C: Had Anzac poem published in Club Magazine.  Had a birthday yesterday.  Didn't say which one.  Mmm.

Lynn: Been gardening.

Cath: Repaired fence.

Helene told us about David R's health problems.  Sorry from all of us. 

 

Words of the Day (WOD)

Wendy:  Latent: not yet developed.

Geoff:    Tacit: understood w/out being stated.

Diane:    Fortitude: courage in adversity or endurance (pain).

Elizabeth:    Epoch: age. 

Jo:        Debar: to prevent or prohibit an action.

Dave:    Subterfuge: justifying your underhand conduct.

Lin:       Terrene: earthly, worldly.

Cath:     Benign: mild.

 

Stories arising from WOD

Wendy: A poem, gave up idea of lollies, will she succeed?

Geoff: Government doesn't please him.  No voting.

Diane: Group would debar anyone different.

Elizabeth: Someone without bravery.  Where is her Paradise?

Jo: Hooligans.

Lyn: He had trouble with letter writers.

David C: Period in country.  Politics again.

Cath: Epidemic - scholars, professors.

Helene: Terrence will not be barred.  (Helene arrived in time for writing from WOD).

 

Reading of homework: 'I'm not dead!'

Diane: Sailing after funeral.  Robert was good on Trivia Nights. He seemed to be dead but wasn't. A Government Man!

Elizabeth: Her son in Portugal went to USA, bought a yacht.  Fell asleep, friend's gone, okay, diving under the boat.

Geoff: Got a postcard.  Went to the funeral.  Bloke died from smoking, won a lot of money, mystery voice.

Jo: The man who might have been dead instead of the stated one.

Lyn: Used symbolism in her story - the impossible becomes real.

 

Discussion

We discussed publishing, all to do with a final product.  

 

We did an exercise starting with and using 'colour'.

Lyn: Blue - she reads - butterflies there. 

Elizabeth: Yellow, cheerful, has her yellow dress in wardrobe today.

David: Orange, sun colours, farm colours, sunlight.

 

 

Geoff: Yellow, flowers in his mind still.

Diane: Lovely yellow - depressed, chose yellow to heal her mind.

Cathy: Lavender, lilac, in the grass - a bee stings.

 

 

Helene: Lilac.  Girls and flowers.

Wendy: Couldn't think of anything.

Jo: Grey - is the way of things.

We talked about the different diagnoses we have found we are given by medics, for much the same problem.

 

Homework:

'In the Bag!'