Record of meeting 9 December 2015

Christmas lunch 

Last reminder Christmas lunch 12 noon Thursday 10 December - ring Wendy to let her know you will be there if you havent already done so

The Writers

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

Words of the day

Parsiminious = stingy

Poltroon = craven coward

Graven = carved or engraved

Ethereal = delicate or highly refined

Soiree = evening party or gathering

Dénouement = final outcome or solution

Pique = hurt pride, sharp irritation or interest

Transcendentalism = nature and humanity from a divine position

Digitise = to convert pictures or sounds into a digital form that can be processed by a computer

Stories from words of the day

Following a French word theme we wrote about -Memories from France, Crime on his mind, A deep disappointment, He goggled it, Around the campfire, A horror show, Pirot and Barnaby Joyce, Invited to a degustation and Pierre and I.

Reading of homework

Some lovely crystals a great story from Terry, Atuma and her Burka from Helene, How can I describe the sky? From Pauline, Sorry I cant tell you (fun from Yuan), Where are murderers buried – a morbid story from Lynn, Too hot from Cath, and The Reindeer whisperer – an iconic Australian Christmas tale from David C.

Exercise

Lynn assembled a group of objects for us to choose and write about linking to a character. We created the following brilliant stores and poems -

My mother’s philosophy, My friends Chris the cotton bud and Sam the rock, An empty bowl, Many stories from my life, Hands and branches, Thunderbird memories, The people’s princess, The English language & Stones, leaves and deciduous trees.

Homework

Its the time of year to write about Christmas or is it Bah humbug

Meeting 2nd December 2015

Present:

 Wendy, Lyn, David C, Cath, Juan, Di, Terry, and a new addition to our group Deb.  Welcome Deb .

News of the week varied from Tree frogs, historic cars, to cruising, canoeing at Falls Creek.

Word of the day:

Paradox--- a statement that seems to be contradictory to common sense but may be true

Tactile-- sense of touch, touchy feeling

Integrity-- Honest moral values, 

Obtuse--difficult, dull. 

Insouciant-- nonchalant unconcerned

Hubris-- overly self confident, excessive pride. R

Ripple-- a wave motion or a ruffle of small waves, rise and fall gently

Allure-- entice, powerful attractiveness or charm. 

Using these words we had a Quick write mixture of brilliance, poetry, a groper to Concordia to a weirdly smiling Eric Abetz

Quick write  exercise: WAITING. 

Dean entertaining mix varying from doctors and dentists to trains and buses.

The dreaded Homework.

Use the 'words' ATMU and BUKRA in a poem or story relevant to what you think they mean.  

Meeting of 25th November 2015

Another smallish meeting but a lot of fun.

In attendance: Wendy, Cath, Juan, Diane, Terry

Words of the day:
Shilly-shallying;  Beating around the bush, not getting to the point
Penury:                 Extreme poverty
Charlatan:            A fraudster
Exalt:                    To praise, raise up
Enthral (enthrall)  To beguile

From the words: A charlatan, Lady luck, Dreams, A convict, Poor James

Homework: Some rather interesting stories/poems.
Ghosts in norfolk (true story)
Yesterday...through a mirror,
The dry country (true story)
A two word poem
Showtime...a bawdy carnival tale      

Homework:
Write a short story describing something you accidentally found or discovered.It must be something tangible such as an old photograph, a piece of jewellery, a letter...anything. describe how you found it and the emotion created upon its discovery.It can be funny, sad, scary, or even made you angry.

                                

                                

RECORD OF MEETING11TH NOVEMBER 2015

                  

The Writers

           

Wendy, Juan, Terry, Di, Leonie, Cathy and Lynn

Word of the Day

Decoction             to boil down, extraction by mashing and boiling
Eggcorn                form of malapropism, word or phrase
                             misinterpreted - old wise tale to old wives tale
Insular                   isolation from others ideology, disinterested
Hostile                  aggressive opposition
Crestfallen            dejected, coward
Elongate               make longer  
Quixotically          romantic, impulsive, Don Quixote characteristics

From this eclectic mix came stories of pilots, self evaluation, old men including a professor and words and phrases.

The reading of the homework about the knife and blood stains elicited tales of murder weapons found, Big Jack's knife, a man on the run and Wendy's cleverly and quickly written Reply to Big Jack's Knife.

Leonie wrote a beautiful piece on Brain Stains.  The memories that stain our brains and we never forget, whether they are good or bad, guilty or guilt free we never lose sight of them.

From Juan came an entwined intelligent ditty condemning cliches written entirely in cliches.

The rest of the afternoon was spent in watching a Powerpoint presentation on forensics and an introduction of a series of DVD lessons on writing.   

Homework
        

                                               
As they departed Macy felt a shiver.  It felt cold...and unsettling...for...well something that wasn't supposed to exist.  And somehow she didn't trust the clammy little hand now clenched within hers..


                                    

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RECORD OF MEETING 4TH NOVEMBER 2015                   

     

 

 

            

Reminder of Christmas Party 10th Dec,  please contact Wendy for bookings





                              

David, Pauline, Cathy, Wendy, Terry, Di and Lynn

                                                  

Words of the day

Flocculent   -   resembling tufts of wool, crumpled texture

Desultory   -   digressing from, disconnected

Butterball   -   overweight person

Extol      -    praise the virtue of

Avarice     -    extreme wealth

Pungent     -    strong sharp bitter smell

Entranced  -    to put into trance, cast a spell on

                                               

From the words came stories of balls of butter, Melbourne Cup victory, leaking dams and poetic puns.

Reading of Homework

The famous people we meet and the reaction we have to them inspired some interesting stories of Eric Morcombe, Hoges and Clive James.  

A reading by Terry left the group wanting to know more in an intriguing mysterious narrative about a floating cadaver.  

We finished up a very social day with several versions of word association getting the grey matter working. 

                     

HOMEWORK

Brown stains marked the bone handle of the hunting knife.  Blood does that ...

 

Record of meeting - 28 October 2015

Reminder - Christmas lunch 

12 noon Thursday 10 December 2015 –

The Lodge Sanctuary Point

The writers

Terry, Juan, Wendy, 
Diane, Cath, Helene,
Pauline, Leonie

Words of the day

Karma = future fate

Vexation = annoyance

Scourge = plague, affliction

Veritable = true, real or actual

Simple = easily understood, humble

Assiduous = diligent, perseverance

Retribution = personal vengeance for evil deeds

Devious = insincere and dishonest, indirect

Writing from words of the day

The writers used the words of the day to assemble a range of stories on -Sleeping pills, Annexing properties, Enjoying the Tapestry, Tell the truth, In the dock, Mayoral or electric chair, Climate change and It comes easily to my family.

Reading of homework

Five dedicated writers read out homework on the topics - Guess what I found, Rat ruined a good pair of boots, Not on my lawn, Foot wanting eyes and Outside the Op shop.

Discussion on trial of DVDs as a training aid

It was agreed we would trial on 11 November the use of DVDs for exercises for writing. Yuan will supply the DVDs.

Exercises

1. We used the word Encyclopaedia to start each sentence to write stories and poems for the amazing stories - Entwined daily, Too much information, Enjoying a day at the beach, Imagine I’m a butcher, No way I can read it, Brocchili recipe and Every morning.

2. We started progressive writes with the sentence “The sacred cows have come home to roost”. The writers created stories and poems with a focus on - Eggs, milk and manure, Scrambled eggs, An extension to the chicken pen, I know the feeling, No mate and Tweezers in the roosting cage.

Homework

Interaction with a famous person or celebrity – make it fact or fiction 

Jennifer Anniston

Record of meeting 21 October 2014

Reminder - Christmas lunch 12 noon Thursday 10 December 2015 –

The Lodge Sanctuary Point

The writers

Wendy, Juan, Helene, Leonie, Terry, Lynn, Cath and Di

We shared fond memories of Geoff

Words of the day                         

Callow = inexperienced

Prattle = talk like a child

Caprice = change of mind

Glib = fluent but insincere

Aquiline = curved like an eagles beak

Lesson = a single period of instruction

Redolent = reminiscence or strong smelling

Flunky or flunkey = servile person, manservant who wears a livery

Writing from words of the day

From the interesting collection of words we created a range of glib stories and poems - In King Charles’ Palace, They really stink, Like a small child, Makes my uncle mad, Water from the horse trough, Gentleman’s gentleman, The scent of frangipani and The young speaker.

Reading of homework

The writers present read out a range of interesting stories and poems on the topics - Ted and Brady, Anne Teak, Unexpected, A 50 year old letter, The fish walker and The pencil.

Exercise – the looser

The writers concocted great stories and poems on the topics -

Recognition of the tooth fairy, Don’t Loose her, The prize, In control, A bit of a looser, The plumber and the loo, The tooth fairy’s mother and the lawyer and Probably a man with an axe.

Homework

When I arrived home I found I had a boot full of blood