News: David C no news is good news. Trish been decorating and walking the dog by the sea. Helene quiet at home and has been to Canberra. Leonie has been to the National Gallery in Canberra and enjoyed the sculpture garden. Geoff had a letter published in the Financial Review responding to John Howards letter about the film The Iron Lady. Garry had an interesting experience on the train and was offloaded on a bus which did not meet the train so missed the bus to the Basin along with a number of other people David R suggested use of the RTA trip planner to avoid problems. Robyn had no news. Wendy’s daughter in law sees the oncologist in Queensland this week. Terry’s grandson who just started school was disappointed there was no school on Saturday. David R wrote a poem Arimez containing many made up words.
Word of the day
Garry neurological = study of the nerves. Robyn silhouette = an outline uniformly filled in with black like a shadow. Wendy propinquity = in proximity, kinship. Terry foment = to promote and encourage trouble. David R - surreptitious = kept secret and expatiate = to speak or write at length. David C – boletic = fungus or like a mushroom. Trish salacious = obsession with sex. Helene - Thought generally refers to any mental or intellectual activity involving an individual's subjective conspicuousness. Leonie - uncouth = second meaning not known or unknown. Geoff lapidary = pared down or polished and lusaphone (from Lusitanian) speakers of Portuguese.
Quick write from words of the day
Leonie – couples in close proximity. Geoff – Uncouth Irish royalty. Garry – the difficult patient. Robyn – A boletic personality. Wendy – My husband. Terry – a hero in yellow briefs. David R silhouette in a tent. David C – the prose writer. Helene – What is a thought?
Homework readings
Robyn – Gerry a well dressed mystery man the smuggler. Wendy – a funny poem born in Fectious a terrible town. Terry – two poems one on mosquitoes and the second the billy cart mission. David R a poem on the car race very adroit and a poem about a woman with an infectious smile. David C – the letter from Egypt an epiphany. Trish – don’t kiss on Valentines Day. Helene – a very short poem about infectious smiles and laughter. Leonie – Madeline is forced to leave the infectious joy of London. Garry – the stimulation of the writers group, infectious enthusiasm and change yes we can, I have a dream.
Readings
Trish – The hairdresser with a bright idea on Monday hangover day. David R spoke about Ernest Hemingway's life and writing.
Office bearers
Robyn explained the requirements of the IMB to change office holders which will be required after the expected departures of Mandy and Robyn from the group.
Homework
Recognition - see what you can make out of that.
08 February 2012
05 February 2012
Record of meeting 1 February 2012
Present: David R, Robyn, Dave C, Geoff, Leonie, Wendy, Garry
News
Garry – cousin visited and told about the ‘family tree’
Wendy – no good news but things are okay
David R – swimming, running – all is good.
Robyn – showed the plans for her new house and spoke of the benefits, which are fantastic, at the ‘village’.
Geoff – went to Sydney for a CD release/launch ‘concert' – music was wonderful. The pianist was Ambre Hammond and the bandolean player Marcelo Maio (Argentinian).
David C – daughter news – all are well and good
Leonie – had quotes for the garden in the new house but plans keep changing to fit the needs of her husband but fortunately it is not a big block
Words of the Day
Wendy – paraphernalia – personal articles reserved by law for a married woman – all your personal things.
Garry – Prognostication - A statement about or prior knowledge of the future.
David – pragmatic – dealing with things realistically and practical ways.
Leonie – droll = queer or old – quaintly amusing,
Robyn = misocapnist
misocapnist 1. A person who hates smoking or the smell of tobacco smoke. 2. A reference to anyone who hates tobacco smoke in any form.
Geoff = apposite = appropriate/suitable
1. Strikingly appropriate and relevant.
David C – onerous = on·er·ous ( n r- s, n r-). adj. 1. Troublesome or oppressive; burdensome.
Quick Write – 15 minutes because of complexity of the words of the day.
David C – story of a woman who had been murdered
Geoff – a story of his son’s marriage and his matriarchal wife.
Leonie – continuation of an old story of Madelaine.
Garry - Isn’t this year flying by so quickly?
Wendy – a great little poem
David R – a fun poem
Robyn – a short story but good.
HOMEWORK - an ‘enlightening’ moment
Garry – first solo landing.
David R – another great poem– a ‘brain implosion’
Robyn – a good story – at the supermarket – 10% discount.
David C – The Letter – grandparents – shock and sadness – finding an ‘old’ letter sent from the battlefields of Egypt.
Geoff – read one of his poems Brief Transcendence.
Sharing of writings and poems
Geoff shared a few pages from his story that he has been writing.
A poem shared by Garry that he received through the internet
General discussion –
An interesting discussion about the ‘benefits’ of the Writers group – how it is a ‘positive’ influence on members.
There was enough time left to do an activity.
A 5 minute quick write on ‘A bad hair day' was fun
Homework due 8 February 2012
Infectious – (the word can be used in any way you want to write about it.)
News
Garry – cousin visited and told about the ‘family tree’
Wendy – no good news but things are okay
David R – swimming, running – all is good.
Robyn – showed the plans for her new house and spoke of the benefits, which are fantastic, at the ‘village’.
Geoff – went to Sydney for a CD release/launch ‘concert' – music was wonderful. The pianist was Ambre Hammond and the bandolean player Marcelo Maio (Argentinian).
David C – daughter news – all are well and good
Leonie – had quotes for the garden in the new house but plans keep changing to fit the needs of her husband but fortunately it is not a big block
Words of the Day
Wendy – paraphernalia – personal articles reserved by law for a married woman – all your personal things.
Garry – Prognostication - A statement about or prior knowledge of the future.
David – pragmatic – dealing with things realistically and practical ways.
Leonie – droll = queer or old – quaintly amusing,
Robyn = misocapnist
misocapnist 1. A person who hates smoking or the smell of tobacco smoke. 2. A reference to anyone who hates tobacco smoke in any form.
Geoff = apposite = appropriate/suitable
1. Strikingly appropriate and relevant.
David C – onerous = on·er·ous ( n r- s, n r-). adj. 1. Troublesome or oppressive; burdensome.
Quick Write – 15 minutes because of complexity of the words of the day.
David C – story of a woman who had been murdered
Geoff – a story of his son’s marriage and his matriarchal wife.
Leonie – continuation of an old story of Madelaine.
Garry - Isn’t this year flying by so quickly?
Wendy – a great little poem
David R – a fun poem
Robyn – a short story but good.
HOMEWORK - an ‘enlightening’ moment
Garry – first solo landing.
David R – another great poem– a ‘brain implosion’
Robyn – a good story – at the supermarket – 10% discount.
David C – The Letter – grandparents – shock and sadness – finding an ‘old’ letter sent from the battlefields of Egypt.
Geoff – read one of his poems Brief Transcendence.
Sharing of writings and poems
Geoff shared a few pages from his story that he has been writing.
A poem shared by Garry that he received through the internet
General discussion –
An interesting discussion about the ‘benefits’ of the Writers group – how it is a ‘positive’ influence on members.
There was enough time left to do an activity.
A 5 minute quick write on ‘A bad hair day' was fun
Homework due 8 February 2012
Infectious – (the word can be used in any way you want to write about it.)
25 January 2012
Record of meeting 25 January 2012
Present: Geoff, Gary, Trish, Leonie, David R, Terry, Robyn, Helene
News: Leonie came to the church last week as her computer was in the shop being fixed and did not know the meeting was at Helene's house. Trish has had more visitors since they moved in on 5 January. Gary is concerned about the dollar is going up. Geoff’s son has a permanent job in the UK. Helene went to the Huskie Fair on Saturday night. Robyn is looking for a good real estate agent to list her house. Terry’s youngest grandson is looking forward to starting primary school on Tuesday. David’s eldest daughter is 42 today.
Word of the day:
Geoff - anomie = from the Greek word meaning reaction against society control. Helene – quarks = the building blocks which build up matter, i.e., they are seen as the "elementary particles". Robyn steppes = Russian grassy treeless plain. Terry – peon = a person doing work that requires little skill. David R – labile = liable to change characterised by emotions easily aroused also used in chemistry. David R – platitudes = a remark or statement used to often. Leonie – ergonomic = the study of efficiency of work. Trish – pastiche = a hodgepodge, a work that copies other styles. Gary – epiphanies = a striking appearance, a revelation.
We wrote some funny short stories and poems from the words of the day.
Homework
Helene wrote a poem about her life at aged 20. Geoff had great plans for study, travel and marriage at age 20. Gary wrote about his life with Aboriginal people in the WA desert. Trish read the story of her life in the 60’s when she strutted around London with her friend Wendy. Leonie read a letter to her 20 year old self her advice was to learn to say no. David R wrote about gorillas, children and Aunty GG at the zoo. Terry the times they are a changing, Dawn Fraser, Mandela, Germaine Greer, I am woman, Beach Boys, The Beatles, Gordon Chater, Baby boomers and rebels. David R read a poem about his retirement plan.
The group discussed on the group’s printer and PC currently held by Mandy. Helene to find out from Mandy more about the model etc of the printer.
Reading, books etc
Geoff read more of his novel set in Japan a crisp description two characters meeting in a Japanese bar. David R spoke about the Australian writer Tim Winton. Trish spoke about meeting Tim Winton and the advice he gave her. Terry spoke about James Patterson’s writing of short chapters - which keeps the story moving quickly.
Homework
Write about an ephiphany or bright idea.
News: Leonie came to the church last week as her computer was in the shop being fixed and did not know the meeting was at Helene's house. Trish has had more visitors since they moved in on 5 January. Gary is concerned about the dollar is going up. Geoff’s son has a permanent job in the UK. Helene went to the Huskie Fair on Saturday night. Robyn is looking for a good real estate agent to list her house. Terry’s youngest grandson is looking forward to starting primary school on Tuesday. David’s eldest daughter is 42 today.
Word of the day:
Geoff - anomie = from the Greek word meaning reaction against society control. Helene – quarks = the building blocks which build up matter, i.e., they are seen as the "elementary particles". Robyn steppes = Russian grassy treeless plain. Terry – peon = a person doing work that requires little skill. David R – labile = liable to change characterised by emotions easily aroused also used in chemistry. David R – platitudes = a remark or statement used to often. Leonie – ergonomic = the study of efficiency of work. Trish – pastiche = a hodgepodge, a work that copies other styles. Gary – epiphanies = a striking appearance, a revelation.
We wrote some funny short stories and poems from the words of the day.
Homework
Helene wrote a poem about her life at aged 20. Geoff had great plans for study, travel and marriage at age 20. Gary wrote about his life with Aboriginal people in the WA desert. Trish read the story of her life in the 60’s when she strutted around London with her friend Wendy. Leonie read a letter to her 20 year old self her advice was to learn to say no. David R wrote about gorillas, children and Aunty GG at the zoo. Terry the times they are a changing, Dawn Fraser, Mandela, Germaine Greer, I am woman, Beach Boys, The Beatles, Gordon Chater, Baby boomers and rebels. David R read a poem about his retirement plan.
The group discussed on the group’s printer and PC currently held by Mandy. Helene to find out from Mandy more about the model etc of the printer.
Reading, books etc
Geoff read more of his novel set in Japan a crisp description two characters meeting in a Japanese bar. David R spoke about the Australian writer Tim Winton. Trish spoke about meeting Tim Winton and the advice he gave her. Terry spoke about James Patterson’s writing of short chapters - which keeps the story moving quickly.
Homework
Write about an ephiphany or bright idea.
18 January 2012
Record of meeting 18 January 2012
Present: Gary, David R, David C, Robyn, Geoff, Trish and Helene.
News: Geoff is going to Shropshire for his son’s wedding in October. Trish has another set of visitors and has been doing cross words to improve her mind. Garry saw $99 tickets to KL with Air Asia X and was motivated by David R's swimming. David R has been to Fitzroy Falls and stayed for a few days with a friend and enjoyed bushwalking there. He also went to the Tea Garden restaurant in Nowra and recommends it. David C went back to Dubbo and saw his 5 month old granddaughter Skye Blue. Robyn and Joe are planning to move to Valhalla Retirement Village in Chain Valley Bay where they will be able to build their own house.
Word of the day: Trish – placate = to calm, to made less angry or hostile. Geoff placify = a word made up from the John Howard era. Gary – hakalao = a stare in martial arts as in meditation seeing beyond the body. David R transcend = be or go beyond the range or limits from the Latin. David C – involuted = twisted and confused, to turn inward. Robyn – whittled – carve with a knife or reduce. Helene - Sanguine = naturally cheerful and hopeful.
Quick write
Geoff wrote about the diamond of an idea. Trish beer, body language and self confidence. Gary – an irate biker, 000 and the goodies. David R – deep fried chips and the party with Marty. David C – Johnny second in command of the business. Helene wrote about Marty the angry man.
Homework
Trish – a story a passion for dogs, fairies, gnomes and goblins. Gary wrote a letter to his granddaughter Skye written in 2017 delivered by Dr Who reminding her about revivification. David R – a poem about travel on a moon beam to Sydney for a primordial fling. David C – dreaming and running with the Queen of Fairies through the flowers to embrace in the wood cutters cottage. Helene wrote about the future with our borders closed to migration.
Books and other information: David R spoke about Canadian writer Margaret Atwood and her work and the similarities of growing up in Australia and Canada. David also spoke about the work of P D James. David C shared the sad story of his cheque book. Geoff spoke about enjoying the work of Joyce Carol Oates. Robyn reminded us about the Renaissance exhibition at the National Gallery.
Exercise:
Each person wrote one word on a page and passed to the next person to write a word starting with the last letter of the previous word. We passed the pages around the table twice. We then used the 14 words to write short stories. It was a fun exercise.
Homework:
Write a letter to yourself from your 20 year old self include your thoughts, ideas and attitudes at age 20.
News: Geoff is going to Shropshire for his son’s wedding in October. Trish has another set of visitors and has been doing cross words to improve her mind. Garry saw $99 tickets to KL with Air Asia X and was motivated by David R's swimming. David R has been to Fitzroy Falls and stayed for a few days with a friend and enjoyed bushwalking there. He also went to the Tea Garden restaurant in Nowra and recommends it. David C went back to Dubbo and saw his 5 month old granddaughter Skye Blue. Robyn and Joe are planning to move to Valhalla Retirement Village in Chain Valley Bay where they will be able to build their own house.
Word of the day: Trish – placate = to calm, to made less angry or hostile. Geoff placify = a word made up from the John Howard era. Gary – hakalao = a stare in martial arts as in meditation seeing beyond the body. David R transcend = be or go beyond the range or limits from the Latin. David C – involuted = twisted and confused, to turn inward. Robyn – whittled – carve with a knife or reduce. Helene - Sanguine = naturally cheerful and hopeful.
Quick write
Geoff wrote about the diamond of an idea. Trish beer, body language and self confidence. Gary – an irate biker, 000 and the goodies. David R – deep fried chips and the party with Marty. David C – Johnny second in command of the business. Helene wrote about Marty the angry man.
Homework
Trish – a story a passion for dogs, fairies, gnomes and goblins. Gary wrote a letter to his granddaughter Skye written in 2017 delivered by Dr Who reminding her about revivification. David R – a poem about travel on a moon beam to Sydney for a primordial fling. David C – dreaming and running with the Queen of Fairies through the flowers to embrace in the wood cutters cottage. Helene wrote about the future with our borders closed to migration.
Books and other information: David R spoke about Canadian writer Margaret Atwood and her work and the similarities of growing up in Australia and Canada. David also spoke about the work of P D James. David C shared the sad story of his cheque book. Geoff spoke about enjoying the work of Joyce Carol Oates. Robyn reminded us about the Renaissance exhibition at the National Gallery.
Exercise:
Each person wrote one word on a page and passed to the next person to write a word starting with the last letter of the previous word. We passed the pages around the table twice. We then used the 14 words to write short stories. It was a fun exercise.
Homework:
Write a letter to yourself from your 20 year old self include your thoughts, ideas and attitudes at age 20.
11 January 2012
Record of meeting 11 January 2012
Record of meeting 11 January 2012
Present: Gary, Mandy, Wendy, David R, Terry, Helene, Geoff, Robyn and welcome to Trish.
News: Wendy’s mother who is 88 will arrive at Wendy’s place soon for 6 weeks. Mandy had a lovely Christmas at the church with 30 people. Gary had a bird crash into a window at home and called the vet who will decide what to do with the bird. Geoff’s son proposed to his girlfriend on Christmas day. Helene talked about her positive experiences with Health Direct. Trish talked about her experiences of moving from the Blue Mountains to Vincentia. Robyn has been visiting her 93 year old mother in Sydney. Terry had contact from his son on Christmas Day. David had a relaxed Christmas and recently walked down to the beach and had a kilometre swim.
Word of the day:
Terry – politic - to be wise in looking after ones interest. Robyn maltreat
Trish – indulgence. Helene – Apparatchik = is a Russian colloquial term for a member of the Communist Party or government. Geoff – execrate = abuse, denounce. Gary – neuroplasticity = the brains ability to change itself. Mandy evolve = gradual development. Wendy splenetic – spiteful or irritable. David R – somatic = of or relating to the body from 18th century Greek.
We used the above words to write short stories and poems about Flying first class, A trip to Jupiter and My dog. The scribe was so busy concentrating she forgot to record the other marvellous topics.
Homework
Helene - A story of children, fairies and pixies in a bush garden. Trish - Silver shoes and newly forming wings, wings of pansy petals, broken wings. Robyn – five generations at New Year. Terry – the aggressive yellow gnomes. David R – dresses made of petals. Wendy – fairies in the closet. Mandy – a dogs view of fairies in the garden. Gary – A Prince and Princess and a warty toad at Deserts Billabong. Geoff wrote three funny stories of fairies and gnomes encounters with Immigration and Customs.
Books and movies: David talked about Martha Grimes crime writer well written stories of detective Richard Jury available from the local library. Terry watched the movies of Stig Larson. David recommended the movie Midnight in Paris.
Homework – write a letter from the future
Present: Gary, Mandy, Wendy, David R, Terry, Helene, Geoff, Robyn and welcome to Trish.
News: Wendy’s mother who is 88 will arrive at Wendy’s place soon for 6 weeks. Mandy had a lovely Christmas at the church with 30 people. Gary had a bird crash into a window at home and called the vet who will decide what to do with the bird. Geoff’s son proposed to his girlfriend on Christmas day. Helene talked about her positive experiences with Health Direct. Trish talked about her experiences of moving from the Blue Mountains to Vincentia. Robyn has been visiting her 93 year old mother in Sydney. Terry had contact from his son on Christmas Day. David had a relaxed Christmas and recently walked down to the beach and had a kilometre swim.
Word of the day:
Terry – politic - to be wise in looking after ones interest. Robyn maltreat
Trish – indulgence. Helene – Apparatchik = is a Russian colloquial term for a member of the Communist Party or government. Geoff – execrate = abuse, denounce. Gary – neuroplasticity = the brains ability to change itself. Mandy evolve = gradual development. Wendy splenetic – spiteful or irritable. David R – somatic = of or relating to the body from 18th century Greek.
We used the above words to write short stories and poems about Flying first class, A trip to Jupiter and My dog. The scribe was so busy concentrating she forgot to record the other marvellous topics.
Homework
Helene - A story of children, fairies and pixies in a bush garden. Trish - Silver shoes and newly forming wings, wings of pansy petals, broken wings. Robyn – five generations at New Year. Terry – the aggressive yellow gnomes. David R – dresses made of petals. Wendy – fairies in the closet. Mandy – a dogs view of fairies in the garden. Gary – A Prince and Princess and a warty toad at Deserts Billabong. Geoff wrote three funny stories of fairies and gnomes encounters with Immigration and Customs.
Books and movies: David talked about Martha Grimes crime writer well written stories of detective Richard Jury available from the local library. Terry watched the movies of Stig Larson. David recommended the movie Midnight in Paris.
Homework – write a letter from the future
17 December 2011
BAY AND BASIN WRITERS GROUP
Summary of meeting held 14th December 2011
Attending. Mandy Byrne. Leone Worthy. Robin Kellner. Gary Homes
Group News.
Dave. Short news that turned into a discussion on the S.A.S. very informative nothing to do with writing except if you wanted to know about it for your story. It began when we discussed I.Q.s we do digress but it was interesting.
Robyn. The good news is her husband is free of cancer. And she needs to have cataracts removed. Hopefully she will get it soon..
Leone. Her house is nearly ready to live in but she doesn't believe it, after so long.
She has to have some treatment on her neck for a pressure problem.
Mandy. Had an SVT attack but the doctor said he likes people like me as it is something they can treat instantly. So after running a marathon without using my legs I soon recovered.. One good thing my husband is now willing to move into a retirement village, it gave him such a fright..
Dave. Life is good no worries.
Word of the Day.
Leone. Skulk. moves stealthily to keep concealed and avoid detection.
Mandy. Frivolity adjective or Frivolous verb. not serious of sensible in content or attitude. acts rather silly, or. unworthy of serious or sensible treatment.
Dave. Supercilious. Pompous or arrogant. Over bearing in your attitude.
Robyn. Hereditary. A trait or mannerism. Something passed down in your genes.
Quick Write on above words.
Mandy's Quick Write.
She had a frivolous nature, no one took her seriously and she was totally unreliable. My mother always said her destiny would catch up with her one day and smack her in the mouth. She would simper in that supercilious manner she often adopted as if she was special, and we were nothing. Her husband would skulk away and I felt so sorry for the poor man, fancy having her for a wife.
When I met her twenty years later I was astounded to note her daughter had the same hereditary traits or mannerism. How awful to pass on such terrible mannerisms or was it her genes maybe. My plump daughter looked me up and down and said well so did you, look at me. I should have kept my mouth shut.
The others all gave an interesting and very different slant on these words. Gary
Homework. It was on the word Restraint.
Leone. She had a lot of trouble finding a way to do this homework. In the end she explained the word Restraint putting it into many different sentences. It brought forward memories of her father dying and the restraints the medical service put on helping her father to meet his death. It made her very bitter that they could not help him to die quickly, it was so hard for all her family.
Dave. Wrote about the parking officer who was abused by an old couple. A twist at the end.
Mandy. Went looking for her restraint after being told to by her teacher and wondered why she never found it.
Stopped for afternoon tea.
For those who read this and were not there, you missed out on a nice cherry tart and homemade apple cakes.
Mandy read a chapter of her novel she is writing.
We then discussed bullying and how it effected us as children.
This is the last meeting till the second Wednesday in January. The 11th.I believe.
Our Condolences to our fellow writer Helene who lost her son ten days ago. Our thoughts and love go to her. God keep you Helene. We sent flowers and Helene appreciated receiving them.
Homework.
Flowers, Fairies and Gnomes.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.
30 November 2011
Record of meeting 30 November 2011
Present: Geoff, Mandy, Wendy, David R, Terry, David C, Robyn, Helene, Leonie.
News: Mandy swore at some she should not have sworn at but all is forgiven. Wendy is going to the cherry festival in Young for 3 days, David R has had a kind angel to put on his surgical socks each morning. Terry watched the Polar Express DVD and really enjoyed it. David C has spent 3 glorious days with his daughter Kirsten. Robyn has returned from the best 4 weeks holiday in Tuncurry. Helene has had two trips to Canberra
Words of the day:
Geoff – redound – to have an effect for good or ill, affects something, back and forth. Mandy paraphernalia – a collection of miscellaneous goods, given to a woman by her husband before marriage. Wendy – equable – tranquil or steady. David R - hubris – excessive pride or self confidence leading to nemesis. Terry – felicitate – to express good wishes, well chosen for the occasion. David C – callous – a noun or adjective hard. Robyn – narcarcistic. Helene pursed – to pucker or contract the lips into folds or wrinkles. Leonie – ostensible – to conceal the real, pretentiousWe used our words of the day to write about a difficult meeting, marriage, sorting an inheritance, Lord Gaylord, felicitations for a wife, a poem about the group, a poem of bile from the Bitch of Balmain and a bedroom incident.
Project reading
Geoff read his short story called Restraint – a wonderful description of a car accident, stolen money and a mystery letter.Come to our meeting to find out who am I in the writing group?
I was a supporting act for John Farnham
I removed my own braces Black humour is my downfall
I collect miniature clocks
I have an IQ of 154
I wanted to be a detective
I supported my student days playing in pop bands
I love tomato sauce on crumpets
I delivered a baby
My mother sang opera
I did Psychic card readings
I won a sailing championship at Avalon
I used to Tap dance
Homework
Write a story or poem on the topic of restraint due 14 December our last meeting this year.Reminder our group Christmas lunch on Wednesday 7 December at 12:30 pm. Contact Wendy for further details.
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