Helene, Jo, Trevor, Fran, Pauline, Pat, Cath
The words of the day
Irk – to annoy
Scintillating – sparkling
Garbled – mix up or confuse
Firth – arm of the sea or estuary
Sinuous – many curves and turns
Calliope – beautifully voiced goddess
Jubilation – feeling of great happiness and triumph
Writing from words of the day
The group closed, Escape from the storm, The county fair, Performance cancelled, I saw the estuary, One of those days and Most days.
Exercise – Babushka dolls
The writers were inspired by the dolls and wrote about - Should have chosen her lover more carefully, In the box, What is that, Just take the doll, An excuse, At the airport and Riding the horse.
Exercise – the person in the sunglasses
The writers embraced the concept of sunglasses and wrote about - Hard to recognise, Above Collingwood beach, The greatest invention, John Lennon’s sunglasses, Not the local hospital, Rainbow sunglasses and Dark thoughts.
Homework
Not compulsory