Record of meeting 3 February 2016

The writers

David C, Leonie, Cath, Helene, Wendy, Yuan, Terry, Lynn and Diane

The Concert nominations to Wendy

"Over There" concert Tuesday 5 April 11 am to 12.45 pm at the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre – a treat for members - contact Wendy if you want to go.

The words of the day

Alibi = Latin for claim that one was elsewhere

Termagant = bad tempered or overbearing woman

Serendipity = happy an unexpected discovery by accident

Aphorism = a terse saying embodying general truth astute observation

Parsimonious = stingy

Morbid = unwholesomely gloomy

Nascent = an emerging thing with potential eg 3D printing

Docible = easily taught

Spurious = false

Stories from words of the day

The writers were docible producing 

a wonderful array of stories and 

poems on the topics - The sheep, 

Megalomania, Hard of hearing, 

The judge, A good lawyer, 

The parsons nose, 

Not playing with a full deck, 

Mr Patrick and Sipping on brandy.

Reading of homework

Four dedicated writers read 

petty stories - Rags to riches 
from Juan, A crime in her 
mind from Diane, The interview 
by David C and Christmas 
shopping by Leonie.

Forensic science presentation 3 February 2016

Veins in hand

Juan gave an outline of the start of his forensic experience from the age of 22, covered many topics including finger printing, ear prints, eye scans, lip prints and brain finger printing. 

Thank you to Juan for his enthusiastic presentation. We will have more  fantastic forensic presentations from Lynn, Terry and David C over the next three weeks.

The homework

Write a story identifying a perpetrator using some of the techniques described by Juan or write about what inspires you.