News
It was great to have 11 members attend our meeting today. Jo is not lost
anymore, Lyn is over Christmas, Leonie had breakfast by the water and did her
homework there too, Diane has hundreds of tadpoles in her pool and doesn’t know
what to do with them (look on line was the suggestion), Pauline didn’t hear her alarm at the beach, Elizabeth
spent Christmas day on the edge of water with grandchildren making paella, Geoff
had a quiet pleasant get together for Christmas, Helene had a quiet Christmas and swims at Collingwood beach, Wendy had a
quiet Christmas and New Year, Cath surprised a few people while she enjoyed floating in the water at Paradise Beach, Terry
felt new muscles after sailing in Jervis Bay.
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Collingwood beach 1 January 2015
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Words of the day
Jingoism –
patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
Chagrin –
disappointment or annoyance
Inexorable –
relentless
Vicarious – taking
the place of another
Cast offs – abandoned
or discarded
Phenomenal –
highly extraordinary
Ostensible – outer
appearance, put forward to conceal the real
Obstreperous –
unruly or boisterous
Cronut - a mix
between a donut and croissant
Gist – the meaning
Appropriatonist –
using from other sources
Stories from words of the day
Pauline – the gift
Elizabeth – my
younger brother
Geoff – Imitation
of Abbott
Helene – Recycled Australia day
party
Wendy – I have no
clout
Cath – The rebel
Terry – Amazing
stories
Jo – I will go for
it
Lyn – What
happened to Devonshire tea? - very funny
Leonie – Foreign
policy in the Oval office
Diane – In the
Senate
Reading of Homework
Elizabeth – adventures on my birthday
Helene – Leo’s
short fuse
Leonie – change
happens by the lake
Reading
– Harry selections
Lyn bought the
book and Terry read out a section of “Harry’s last stand” written by Harry
Leslie Smith a 91 year old man in the UK.
Terry recommends “The
story of Mohamed” – on line written by Harry Richardson.
Exercise
Terry gave us the
names Jennifer, Felicity, Rita, James, Scott and Wally to write descriptions
of these characters. We each read out our descriptions with some
similarities and other differences.
Homework
If you didn’t attend the meeting, select two names from the exercise above and write a few lines listing the characteristics of those characters. If you did attend the meeting select two of the characters you described.
Using the two characters describe a meeting in a coffee shop between them.
