Present: Mary, Mandy, David C, Terry, Jo, Cath, Helene and Facilitator David R.
Brags: Terry read out a poignant poem he’d entered in an American competition titled “Inside the Black” about depression in his usual inimitable style.
Mandy: “A reverse brag” – entered a competition, didn’t win, but was recognised.
She told us she has now finished her novel of two years in the making on young adults named “Missouri” – Well done, looking forward to a read!!!
Mary: visited Kim after a long break went really well.
Cath: “Survived a Lebanese wedding” she reported lots of good food, exotic customs and a 1am finish – shows great stamina!!!
David C.: Encouraged us to submit between 50-100 words to local rag, naming yourself as a “Bay & Basin Writer, could be a saying, poem or short story – Let’s do it!
Jo: An auspicious event she attended, her granddaughter’s marriage at Kangaroo valley – Looks as if we may have a great grand mum in our midst shortly!
Word of the Day:
Terry – “RIPOSTE” – Retort or sharp reply.
Mandy – “CREPUSCULAR” – Appearing at Twilight.
Cath – “DENOUMENTE” – A final issue or solution of a Play or situation.
Mary – “LITTORAL” – Growing near a seashore.
David C. – “RETICENT” – Refraining from talking, keeping ones counsel.
Jo – “COMARADERIE” – Close friendship with a common purpose.
Helene – “CURLICUE” – A fantastic curl or twist.
David R. – Play on words – “EUTHENASIA” Young people in China.
& “WISTERIA”- A nostalgic form of panic.
Homework – Folklore meanings of a variety of words, set by Jo:
Terry – “FROGGIES” – A very witty & clever poem.
Mandy – “UNDERTAKER” – A well crafted story about an apprentice Undertaker.
Cath – “OYSTERS” A funny short ditty.
David C. – “EARS” – David’s wit at the fore, Adam &Eve, Marc Antony, Van Gogh & Prince Charles were notable inclusions.
Jo – “BALD” Jo’s infectious humour kept us all in stitches, a dream of a fellow watching his hair falling out, before him in the mirror!
Helene – Lovely quotes from her novel about “Maddie”, a dream about her wearing a hood.
David R. – “DUCKS” Use of Google to construct a factual poem.
General Business: We agreed Terry should download a course on “Romantic Writing” by Parnell for $37. A big thankyou Terry!
Exercise: Cath set us “A script or Scene from a play with no more than 5 characters”
Terry: An hilarious story “A bedroom somewhere 3am”
Mandy: “A sitting room in a cottage” Very funny with an excellent twist.
Cath: “A tramp calls at a house seeking work”- kept us in suspense.
Mary: “First airliner flight” excellent drama of a sick child”
David C.: A stage play of a Miners Tax Collector, murder & mayhem prevail!
Jo: “In the kitchen washing up” Yet again Jo had us fooled reading from two pages in her extremely clever style.
Helene: A true story about her sister Nina. Gripping story about her near death from “Prawn Poisoning”
David R: “A house somewhere in Sanctuary Point” – A blue about infidelity comes close to Murder.
We finished around 4PM our last meeting for 2009, David R thanked the group for his acceptance in the fold.
A very successful year & fun had by all full of skill & humour Happy Christmas & New Year to you All.
See you all again when we resume on 20th January 2010.
PS: My first go at this, apologies for any mistakes or omissions. David R.
17 December 2009
16 December 2009
Happy Christmas and a creative new year
To all people interested in the Bay and Basin Writers Group, happy Christmas and best wishes for a creative new year. We will reconvene our meetings at 1 pm on Wednesday 20 January 2010.
15 December 2009
B & B WRITING GROUP
MEETING – 9 DECEMBER 2009
Attendance: David C; Jo; Terry; Kath; Mandy; David R; Helene; Wendy; Mandy; Vala.
Brags:
Mandy – is in the process of acquiring a new puppy.
Jo – had visions of having struck a special with chooks as it turned out not as good as she first thought.
Helene - attended compost workshop and now is the proud owner of a new compost bin.
Cath – A new GPS is in her ownership.
David C – new knees from Knee-bay 20 January.
Vala – commencing Italian course next year.
Word of the day:
David C Expression – vent their spleen – pour out melancholy – escape - liberate.
Jo Slow coaches - derived from following a funeral coach proceeding slowly dragging the chain.Hundreds and thousands – pariels without equal pari – fairy – fairy bread!!
Terry Rambunctious – wild.
David R Play on WordsDe-liberate re in prisonDamnation HollandExtort exit schoolLamination New ZealandTeutonic order with 2 gins
Helene Curmudgeon surly ill mannered churlish killjoy wet blanket
Wendy Logorrhea excessive
Mary Imbroglio confused masscomplicated situationembroilment
Homework – Title “Who Done It”
Mandy - Lover’s Tiff;
David R - Who Done It – Poem;
Helene - People Change;
Wendy - Who Dun It – Poem;
Jo - She Deserves to Die;
Terry - Ending of Eve
Competitions: Several were tabled.
Exercise – Jingles – short stories – commercials all very witty.
Few options were tabled re courses for next year – will further discuss February 2010.
B & B Writing Group will celebrate its 10 year birthday February 2010.
Quick Write:
Various tales and poems incorporating “A Walk in the Wood”!
Homework:
Omens from your dreams
Next week Wendy Facilitator – Cath – Exercise
No homework – Yahoo!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR GROUP MEMBERS AND their FAMILIES
MEETING – 9 DECEMBER 2009
Attendance: David C; Jo; Terry; Kath; Mandy; David R; Helene; Wendy; Mandy; Vala.
Brags:
Mandy – is in the process of acquiring a new puppy.
Jo – had visions of having struck a special with chooks as it turned out not as good as she first thought.
Helene - attended compost workshop and now is the proud owner of a new compost bin.
Cath – A new GPS is in her ownership.
David C – new knees from Knee-bay 20 January.
Vala – commencing Italian course next year.
Word of the day:
David C Expression – vent their spleen – pour out melancholy – escape - liberate.
Jo Slow coaches - derived from following a funeral coach proceeding slowly dragging the chain.Hundreds and thousands – pariels without equal pari – fairy – fairy bread!!
Terry Rambunctious – wild.
David R Play on WordsDe-liberate re in prisonDamnation HollandExtort exit schoolLamination New ZealandTeutonic order with 2 gins
Helene Curmudgeon surly ill mannered churlish killjoy wet blanket
Wendy Logorrhea excessive
Mary Imbroglio confused masscomplicated situationembroilment
Homework – Title “Who Done It”
Mandy - Lover’s Tiff;
David R - Who Done It – Poem;
Helene - People Change;
Wendy - Who Dun It – Poem;
Jo - She Deserves to Die;
Terry - Ending of Eve
Competitions: Several were tabled.
Exercise – Jingles – short stories – commercials all very witty.
Few options were tabled re courses for next year – will further discuss February 2010.
B & B Writing Group will celebrate its 10 year birthday February 2010.
Quick Write:
Various tales and poems incorporating “A Walk in the Wood”!
Homework:
Omens from your dreams
Next week Wendy Facilitator – Cath – Exercise
No homework – Yahoo!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR GROUP MEMBERS AND their FAMILIES
04 December 2009
Meeting 2nd December 2009
Welcome back Mary
Those attending were:
Cath, Helene, Jo, Mandy, Mary, Robyn, Terry, Wendy and Dale.
Once again it was a fun meeting with lots of laughter and interesting writing.
Brag session:
Jo had her photo taken for committee
Helene has a new mobile phone.
The rest of us had nothing exciting to report.
Words of the day
Terry—supercilious—haughty, proud, contemptuous, disdainful
Cath - protagonist - proficient, adept, a leader, a chief actor of a Greek drama
Helene—pragmatic — treating historical phenomena with special reference to their causes and anteceded conditions and results. Concerned with practical consequences or values.
Valla- disambiguation- is the process of resolving conflicts occurring when a single term can be associated with more than one topic, making that term likely to be the natural title for more than one article In other words, disambiguations are paths leading to different articles which could, in principle, have the same title. Eg. The words Mercury can refer to several different things, including an element, a planet, an automobile brand, a record label.
Thanks Valla for the full explanation.
Wendy told us about glamping- going camping in luxury-
And Mandy told us about several words from her childhood like plodging - paddling in the water and hodmadods -snails.
Dale—toxic friends—those who put you down, criticise and insult and generally make you feel inadequate and unsettled.
Wendy – kakistocracy-a government by the worst and least qualified citizens
Mary and others raised some words that are often misused by many people eg prostate and prostrate, quiet and quite, affect and effect.
No competitions to note
Homework or readings
Wendy - Merry Christmas Ho Hum – poem
Valla – A Christmas memory – poem
Cath- A Christmas Tale - prose
Helene- Christmas Past -poem
Terry – the origins of Ho, Ho, Ho - poem.
Mandy enjoyed the exercise so much she wrote 4 pieces but only read 1
of them
Mandy – The First Time- prose
Dale - The Christmas Owl - prose
As usual there was a wide a variety of subject matter and style, of humour, and pathos, true to life experience and fiction.
Jo told us a joke about a turtle and Dale for once actually remembered it to tell that evening or a reasonable fascicle of it. It sounded better when Jo told it.
Wendy was interested in the coining of the new words cargument as in an advertisement for NAV
A reminder about the Christmas ‘do.’ It will be on the 4th Dec at the Chinese restaurant at St Georges Basin Country Club, Sanctuary Point. 6.00 pm start.
Terry told us about a new member planning to start next year, which is good. She has previously run courses in right and left brain. He also gave an explanation of the Term French Letter which had come upon one other meeting.
Exercise by Terry
Each person had to choose a picture and using the senses, list smell, touch, sound, sight, and feelings evoked.
After we each had this information, we then wrote a paragraph or two using those senses.
The second time we did the same exercise Terry handed out the photos and we had to work with what we were given. The idea was to be able to incorporate it into something we are writing or into longer works eg maybe the start of a start of a story or poem or a scene in a novel etc.
Many of the pieces written could easily find their place in longer works. This was a valuable exercise.
Reminder
Our last meeting for the year is December 16 and we comeback at 1.02 on 20-01-10. So keep that in mind Wednesday January 20th, rather than the previously mentioned February date.
Mandy was disappointed no-one had any work for her on memory stick for the anthology. Due date February 2010 but the earlier the better for it to be in.
Robyn handed out homework which is Who Done it?
characters are Mother – Eve
father- Dave
Sons Alan 15 and Dean 17
Eve Murdered - bludgeoned to death
Dave was at the local pub playing darts and drinking with his mates, Alan out riding his bike and Dean taking his dog for a walk.
Forensic found DNA of Eve on some clothes of each of the sons.
Eve had transferred all monies into her own bank account.
Did one of the boys kill their mother? Or did both of them kill her?
Did Dave kill Eve – Or did he conspire with sons or is he completely innocent?
Eve was known as ‘Evil Eve’ and had a reputation as a vindictive disciplinarian- no-one liked her in the village.
Facilitator next week - Valla
Exercise - David
Homework - Jo
Welcome back Mary
Those attending were:
Cath, Helene, Jo, Mandy, Mary, Robyn, Terry, Wendy and Dale.
Once again it was a fun meeting with lots of laughter and interesting writing.
Brag session:
Jo had her photo taken for committee
Helene has a new mobile phone.
The rest of us had nothing exciting to report.
Words of the day
Terry—supercilious—haughty, proud, contemptuous, disdainful
Cath - protagonist - proficient, adept, a leader, a chief actor of a Greek drama
Helene—pragmatic — treating historical phenomena with special reference to their causes and anteceded conditions and results. Concerned with practical consequences or values.
Valla- disambiguation- is the process of resolving conflicts occurring when a single term can be associated with more than one topic, making that term likely to be the natural title for more than one article In other words, disambiguations are paths leading to different articles which could, in principle, have the same title. Eg. The words Mercury can refer to several different things, including an element, a planet, an automobile brand, a record label.
Thanks Valla for the full explanation.
Wendy told us about glamping- going camping in luxury-
And Mandy told us about several words from her childhood like plodging - paddling in the water and hodmadods -snails.
Dale—toxic friends—those who put you down, criticise and insult and generally make you feel inadequate and unsettled.
Wendy – kakistocracy-a government by the worst and least qualified citizens
Mary and others raised some words that are often misused by many people eg prostate and prostrate, quiet and quite, affect and effect.
No competitions to note
Homework or readings
Wendy - Merry Christmas Ho Hum – poem
Valla – A Christmas memory – poem
Cath- A Christmas Tale - prose
Helene- Christmas Past -poem
Terry – the origins of Ho, Ho, Ho - poem.
Mandy enjoyed the exercise so much she wrote 4 pieces but only read 1
of them
Mandy – The First Time- prose
Dale - The Christmas Owl - prose
As usual there was a wide a variety of subject matter and style, of humour, and pathos, true to life experience and fiction.
Jo told us a joke about a turtle and Dale for once actually remembered it to tell that evening or a reasonable fascicle of it. It sounded better when Jo told it.
Wendy was interested in the coining of the new words cargument as in an advertisement for NAV
A reminder about the Christmas ‘do.’ It will be on the 4th Dec at the Chinese restaurant at St Georges Basin Country Club, Sanctuary Point. 6.00 pm start.
Terry told us about a new member planning to start next year, which is good. She has previously run courses in right and left brain. He also gave an explanation of the Term French Letter which had come upon one other meeting.
Exercise by Terry
Each person had to choose a picture and using the senses, list smell, touch, sound, sight, and feelings evoked.
After we each had this information, we then wrote a paragraph or two using those senses.
The second time we did the same exercise Terry handed out the photos and we had to work with what we were given. The idea was to be able to incorporate it into something we are writing or into longer works eg maybe the start of a start of a story or poem or a scene in a novel etc.
Many of the pieces written could easily find their place in longer works. This was a valuable exercise.
Reminder
Our last meeting for the year is December 16 and we comeback at 1.02 on 20-01-10. So keep that in mind Wednesday January 20th, rather than the previously mentioned February date.
Mandy was disappointed no-one had any work for her on memory stick for the anthology. Due date February 2010 but the earlier the better for it to be in.
Robyn handed out homework which is Who Done it?
characters are Mother – Eve
father- Dave
Sons Alan 15 and Dean 17
Eve Murdered - bludgeoned to death
Dave was at the local pub playing darts and drinking with his mates, Alan out riding his bike and Dean taking his dog for a walk.
Forensic found DNA of Eve on some clothes of each of the sons.
Eve had transferred all monies into her own bank account.
Did one of the boys kill their mother? Or did both of them kill her?
Did Dave kill Eve – Or did he conspire with sons or is he completely innocent?
Eve was known as ‘Evil Eve’ and had a reputation as a vindictive disciplinarian- no-one liked her in the village.
Facilitator next week - Valla
Exercise - David
Homework - Jo
30 November 2009
Meeting 25th November ATTENDING.Robyn, Helene, Terry, Dave C. Vala, Cathy Wendy, Dale, Mandy.
Apologies. Mary Melissa, David.
Brags of the Week. Nothing in the Literary field plenty in every day life. For one we were all alive so that’s a good brag.
Used the voice recorder to do the meeting and by accident erased it before I could listen so anything missing just remind Terry and he can add it to the Blog.
Word of the day:
Serendipity – Terry it has a nice ring to it this word and it means finding interesting things by accident. Bit like life really.
Precipitate – Dave. He hummed and hawed over not having a word then produced this one, typical Dave. It can mean rain wet condensed moisture or to make happen quickly.
Ubiquitous - Vala To be found everywhere.
Redeem. Cathy. Meaning to regain possession by payment. Paying a price or making amends.
Mawkish – Wendy. Very Dickensian type word but sometimes used. Means to be sickly sentimental which is apt to cause loathing.
Sanguine – Dale. Optimistic and Cheerful. Also ruddy or red in appearance.
Step Mother or Step Father – Robyn Discussed what the word originally meant. It was a person who stepped into the parenting role after a bereavement or when one parent remarried the person took this role on.
Eclectic – Helene. Something selected from Various Sources. Furniture that is mismatched can be called eclectic
Homework provided by Dale was about an open doorway with a broom standing in it. We had to say why what for and how.
Dave wrote a dark piece called A Fathers Grief.
Vala wrote Any ones Grandmother.
Cathy was simply called the Broom and was a good start for a story so give us the longer version next time Cathy.
Terry wrote a scene from his book The Sorcerer’s Coat. This is a good way of incorporating homework with work in progress.
Wendy. Bernie The Broomstick. This was a funny poem in her own inimitable way and gave us all a good laugh. Wendy you are priceless.
Dale. Also wrote about the subject but incorporated it into her work in progress.
Robyn. Hand smack no homework due to home pressures.
Helene. Wrote about The Broom also
Mandy Forgot what was for homework so wrote a short memoir called The Rolling Pin Doll.
The Exercise was organized by Helene. We all took an item out of the basket and were given three words that we have used in our word for the day. Each person had different items and words. Very interesting Exercise and much enjoyed.
Quick Write was When I was born I made a difference because: All of us had different ideas and stories some true and some fiction.
Homework for next week has a Christmas Theme and was set by Wendy. Merry Christmas. Ho! Ho! Ho!. This will be interesting.
Don’t forget our Christmas get together is a dinner at the Country Club on the 4th Dec which is a Friday night at 6 to 6-30pm. All welcome no partners unless they cry and want to come, you better bring them then.
The group enjoyed a good laugh and laughter is the food for the heart so anyone who missed the meeting will be broken hearted.
Bye Mandy.
Apologies. Mary Melissa, David.
Brags of the Week. Nothing in the Literary field plenty in every day life. For one we were all alive so that’s a good brag.
Used the voice recorder to do the meeting and by accident erased it before I could listen so anything missing just remind Terry and he can add it to the Blog.
Word of the day:
Serendipity – Terry it has a nice ring to it this word and it means finding interesting things by accident. Bit like life really.
Precipitate – Dave. He hummed and hawed over not having a word then produced this one, typical Dave. It can mean rain wet condensed moisture or to make happen quickly.
Ubiquitous - Vala To be found everywhere.
Redeem. Cathy. Meaning to regain possession by payment. Paying a price or making amends.
Mawkish – Wendy. Very Dickensian type word but sometimes used. Means to be sickly sentimental which is apt to cause loathing.
Sanguine – Dale. Optimistic and Cheerful. Also ruddy or red in appearance.
Step Mother or Step Father – Robyn Discussed what the word originally meant. It was a person who stepped into the parenting role after a bereavement or when one parent remarried the person took this role on.
Eclectic – Helene. Something selected from Various Sources. Furniture that is mismatched can be called eclectic
Homework provided by Dale was about an open doorway with a broom standing in it. We had to say why what for and how.
Dave wrote a dark piece called A Fathers Grief.
Vala wrote Any ones Grandmother.
Cathy was simply called the Broom and was a good start for a story so give us the longer version next time Cathy.
Terry wrote a scene from his book The Sorcerer’s Coat. This is a good way of incorporating homework with work in progress.
Wendy. Bernie The Broomstick. This was a funny poem in her own inimitable way and gave us all a good laugh. Wendy you are priceless.
Dale. Also wrote about the subject but incorporated it into her work in progress.
Robyn. Hand smack no homework due to home pressures.
Helene. Wrote about The Broom also
Mandy Forgot what was for homework so wrote a short memoir called The Rolling Pin Doll.
The Exercise was organized by Helene. We all took an item out of the basket and were given three words that we have used in our word for the day. Each person had different items and words. Very interesting Exercise and much enjoyed.
Quick Write was When I was born I made a difference because: All of us had different ideas and stories some true and some fiction.
Homework for next week has a Christmas Theme and was set by Wendy. Merry Christmas. Ho! Ho! Ho!. This will be interesting.
Don’t forget our Christmas get together is a dinner at the Country Club on the 4th Dec which is a Friday night at 6 to 6-30pm. All welcome no partners unless they cry and want to come, you better bring them then.
The group enjoyed a good laugh and laughter is the food for the heart so anyone who missed the meeting will be broken hearted.
Bye Mandy.
18 November 2009
Meeting notes 18th November 2009-11-18
In attendance: David C, special guest Alex (David’s daughter) Jo, Terry, Helene, Melissa, Vala, Kath, Wendy, Robyn, and Mandy
Well! What a meeting. Fun and frivolity. The odd story. An interesting exercise. A quickwrite to test us all. What a team.
Firstly Brags…Robyn got a ticket (that’s an unbrag) David…he brought Alex along…poor Alex oops I think I missed one or two…what the heck.
Thence to Words of the Day
David C…epitome of finesse (that’s two) epitome…a condensed account, miniature
Finesse…delicacy of execution, elegance,
Terry amenuensis…a person who writes down what another has said (shorthand?)
Helene esoteric… understood by or meant for a select few, a secret
Melissa skull doggery…devious, unscrupulous behaviour
Vala unfriend…to remove someone, previously a friend, from Facebook page
Intexticated…someone who is under the influence of texting
Tramp stamp…tattoo on a woman’s middle lower back
Wendy Hebetude…dullness of mind, lethargy
Robyn Ironic…expressing one thing and meaning the opposite (a tortoise
called speedy)
Emend…to correct, rectify
Mandy insouciance…without care (insouciant young bohemians who couldn’t care
less)
Homework readings…O’Reilly’s Clock…a story or poem in 50 words (David ????)
Like always a broad range of poetry and prose ranging from hanging to robbery to the IRA to the sun as a clock. Clever buggers aren’t we?
Exercise…Well! So many exclamations. You started it Jo. What a discussion this produced.
How we all laughed! How we all nearly cried! How we all nearly murdered Jo!
Then, as if to rub the proverbial salt into the wound (last cliché) Jo presented us with three pictures and a series of questions. I think the answer really was that the aged man and woman, after closely studying the sculpture of “Man is Mortal” got into their Mini Minor, drove along a bumpy road, with rocks falling all around, skidded almost off a cliff, and then went home and had three cups of tea.
Well! I don’t know about you but I was exhausted after that…but then came…
The Quickwrite…
(from Melissa’s Writer’s Block module)…Explaining the facts of life…
Some very interesting stories…tall tales and true from our legendary past…again prose and poetic versions…how did we ever past the teen years?
Homework (by Vala) A picture of a broom outside a doorway…Who left the broom? Who left the door open? What is happening in the dim interior? 9What will happen outside in the light?
Some admin. stuff…Last meeting for this year December 16th
First meeting for 2010 on first Wed. in February
Next week: Facilitator is Mandy Exercise by Helene Homework by Jo
Also have a great Christmas Melissa with your family back in the old US of A. See you in 2010
See you all soon, Terry
In attendance: David C, special guest Alex (David’s daughter) Jo, Terry, Helene, Melissa, Vala, Kath, Wendy, Robyn, and Mandy
Well! What a meeting. Fun and frivolity. The odd story. An interesting exercise. A quickwrite to test us all. What a team.
Firstly Brags…Robyn got a ticket (that’s an unbrag) David…he brought Alex along…poor Alex oops I think I missed one or two…what the heck.
Thence to Words of the Day
David C…epitome of finesse (that’s two) epitome…a condensed account, miniature
Finesse…delicacy of execution, elegance,
Terry amenuensis…a person who writes down what another has said (shorthand?)
Helene esoteric… understood by or meant for a select few, a secret
Melissa skull doggery…devious, unscrupulous behaviour
Vala unfriend…to remove someone, previously a friend, from Facebook page
Intexticated…someone who is under the influence of texting
Tramp stamp…tattoo on a woman’s middle lower back
Wendy Hebetude…dullness of mind, lethargy
Robyn Ironic…expressing one thing and meaning the opposite (a tortoise
called speedy)
Emend…to correct, rectify
Mandy insouciance…without care (insouciant young bohemians who couldn’t care
less)
Homework readings…O’Reilly’s Clock…a story or poem in 50 words (David ????)
Like always a broad range of poetry and prose ranging from hanging to robbery to the IRA to the sun as a clock. Clever buggers aren’t we?
Exercise…Well! So many exclamations. You started it Jo. What a discussion this produced.
How we all laughed! How we all nearly cried! How we all nearly murdered Jo!
Then, as if to rub the proverbial salt into the wound (last cliché) Jo presented us with three pictures and a series of questions. I think the answer really was that the aged man and woman, after closely studying the sculpture of “Man is Mortal” got into their Mini Minor, drove along a bumpy road, with rocks falling all around, skidded almost off a cliff, and then went home and had three cups of tea.
Well! I don’t know about you but I was exhausted after that…but then came…
The Quickwrite…
(from Melissa’s Writer’s Block module)…Explaining the facts of life…
Some very interesting stories…tall tales and true from our legendary past…again prose and poetic versions…how did we ever past the teen years?
Homework (by Vala) A picture of a broom outside a doorway…Who left the broom? Who left the door open? What is happening in the dim interior? 9What will happen outside in the light?
Some admin. stuff…Last meeting for this year December 16th
First meeting for 2010 on first Wed. in February
Next week: Facilitator is Mandy Exercise by Helene Homework by Jo
Also have a great Christmas Melissa with your family back in the old US of A. See you in 2010
See you all soon, Terry
14 November 2009
Record of meeting 11 November 2009
Present – Terry, Jo, David C, Mandy, Wendy, Cathy, Melissa, Robyn, Vala, Helene – the fun and laughter started before the meeting
Brags
Jo told us about a free 7 week course starting in December about community empowerment arranged by John Hatton – further details available from Jo
David C’s renovations are underway and should be finished before Christmas
Mandy met Margaret Britton (a former member) and told her the group is prospering
Melissa has finished and recorded to music Skeletons in the closet. Members of the group made suggestions that Bony M or the Living dead should record the single
Cath’s grandson was interviewed and had one of his group Czar Bomber’s song played on Power FM
Words of the day - an interesting mix of words
Terry – quasi – not real - from QANGO acronym for Quasi Autonomous Non Government Organisation
Dale – invidious – incurring or tending to cause resentment or unpopularity, unfairly or offensively discriminating
Jo – ravel and unravel mean the same thing - grey and gray Jo visualises different grey and gray hair Melissa confirmed the differences from her perspective
David C – gymnasium to exercise naked (we have no local gymnasium) and postulate and expostulate have the same meaning – to reason earnestly with a person against something they intend to do
Helene – exquisite – peculiar beauty or charm
Mandy – left her word on the table – we know what that means
Wendy – callipygian – having beautifully proportioned buttocks
Melissa – provided an article about popular Australian poets
Kath – loquacious – talking or disposed to talk much or freely
Robyn – greedy – acquisitive, rapacious (the strongest form of the word)
Homework
Many great stories and poems of buttons including a belly button, face buttons, flower buttons, tiny buttons, silver buttons, dog buttons, a nipple button, button fetishes and buttons with magical qualities.
News
Stories for 2010 anthology – Please email or give to Mandy on a memory stick your best contributions by February 2010 if you want to be published.
Melissa told us about a great band Beatels a covers band performing Beatles songs at Greenwell Point Bowling club on Saturday night 14 November.
Exercise
The two exercises provided by Robyn put some people out of their comfort zone. The first exercise was the possession game, to complete well know phrases, put us on a calm plateau. The second part comprising Alfakodo and Sudoku quizzes was not so popular with strong discussion about right and left brain thinking
Quick write
A number of favourite fairy tales were rewritten with humour– the fractured fairy tales included The Jolly swag man, Snow white, Little Red Riding Hood and a feminist fairy story
Homework
Write a 50 word story on O’Reilley’s clock.
Next meeting
Facilitator – Terry
Exercise – Jo
Homework – Vala
Present – Terry, Jo, David C, Mandy, Wendy, Cathy, Melissa, Robyn, Vala, Helene – the fun and laughter started before the meeting
Brags
Jo told us about a free 7 week course starting in December about community empowerment arranged by John Hatton – further details available from Jo
David C’s renovations are underway and should be finished before Christmas
Mandy met Margaret Britton (a former member) and told her the group is prospering
Melissa has finished and recorded to music Skeletons in the closet. Members of the group made suggestions that Bony M or the Living dead should record the single
Cath’s grandson was interviewed and had one of his group Czar Bomber’s song played on Power FM
Words of the day - an interesting mix of words
Terry – quasi – not real - from QANGO acronym for Quasi Autonomous Non Government Organisation
Dale – invidious – incurring or tending to cause resentment or unpopularity, unfairly or offensively discriminating
Jo – ravel and unravel mean the same thing - grey and gray Jo visualises different grey and gray hair Melissa confirmed the differences from her perspective
David C – gymnasium to exercise naked (we have no local gymnasium) and postulate and expostulate have the same meaning – to reason earnestly with a person against something they intend to do
Helene – exquisite – peculiar beauty or charm
Mandy – left her word on the table – we know what that means
Wendy – callipygian – having beautifully proportioned buttocks
Melissa – provided an article about popular Australian poets
Kath – loquacious – talking or disposed to talk much or freely
Robyn – greedy – acquisitive, rapacious (the strongest form of the word)
Homework
Many great stories and poems of buttons including a belly button, face buttons, flower buttons, tiny buttons, silver buttons, dog buttons, a nipple button, button fetishes and buttons with magical qualities.
News
Stories for 2010 anthology – Please email or give to Mandy on a memory stick your best contributions by February 2010 if you want to be published.
Melissa told us about a great band Beatels a covers band performing Beatles songs at Greenwell Point Bowling club on Saturday night 14 November.
Exercise
The two exercises provided by Robyn put some people out of their comfort zone. The first exercise was the possession game, to complete well know phrases, put us on a calm plateau. The second part comprising Alfakodo and Sudoku quizzes was not so popular with strong discussion about right and left brain thinking
Quick write
A number of favourite fairy tales were rewritten with humour– the fractured fairy tales included The Jolly swag man, Snow white, Little Red Riding Hood and a feminist fairy story
Homework
Write a 50 word story on O’Reilley’s clock.
Next meeting
Facilitator – Terry
Exercise – Jo
Homework – Vala
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