Record of meeting 25 June 2014

Present Pam, David C, Jo, Wendy, Leonie, Geoff, Helene, Cath, Elizabeth.

News

Leonie went to see her mum in Queensland.  Had a good time, lovely time then at movies.

David et al went to Sofala and they all laughed themselves silly all weekend.

Elizabeth checked pacemaker, there followed a mystery reading.  No explanation, mystery remains.

Cath had visitors, brother and wife, from UK, where the coach trip was not informative.  In our land, the showers at the Pool are okay now.

Pam told us about furtive business - quite existentialist - the dog, it seems was the reason - needs to be written down, Pam.

Helene went to Pigeon House Mountain Lookout, it was a bit expensive, but her pumping is continuing.  (work that out).

Wendy bought blow-up bed.  I think we felt jealous.  Finds it amazing.  It suits her sports car. Humph!

Geoff went to last concert of the Bay and Basin Music Group.  Sad.  Were awfully good too.

Jo was tangling with fallen trees.  And sons again.

Words of the Day

hieroglyphic - symbol

cadence = sound of a voice

manducate - to chew

passion - a very strong feeling about person or thing

inherit - to receive upon death of another

collateral - security for repayment of loan

argot - jargon of a group esp. criminal

adjudicate - to sit in judgement

impetus - force or energy of movement

Stories concocted from 'Words'

Wendy: Always impartial, you know.

Helene:  In a tomb.  Sam wanted to go to Cairo.

Pam: Collateral, inheritance, all money to be used.

Cath: Manuscript - weird writing - let me know what it is all about, she says.

Elizabeth: Passion - she wanted a loan - decided it was 'up yours too!'

David: Rap music - words of song - what were they?

Leonie: Audience, contestants, noisy words. People chewing chips, bought a building.

Jo: A ridiculous story.

Geoff: Twelve dollars - good deal. Sons, cool.  Not like him.

Homework:  'The Text Message read: Very Clever!'

Gary: A little girl - writes verse - much imagination about Wendy who moved to Sydney had kids etc.  Explains how Wendy wrote poems, got them from under her bed.

David: Next Master Chef.  Mexican - scallops - he seemed to think it was really good - but no, it was more ... very clever.

Leonie: Free association - Mary, Mary - gorilla and dog - friends - people should be like animals.

Jo: The text message was really that only.

Wendy: Wrote a 'duck-it' list.  What she doesn't ever want to do, e.g. running with the bulls.

Helene: The expert witness - courtroom drama - love and sex getting into the room, can't beat it.

Pam: How clever!  Bench in the sun, book with dedication - 'Faces' is the subject matter. l4 chapters of 'faces' read to her mother. She read that it was very clever.  ????

 

Exercise

 

We all did a speed-rite. It is explained so: Whatever comes into your head.  I think we won't have time to hear everyone's head. 

Wot duzit orl mien?

Homework 

 

'When Jill saw the smoke at the top of the hill, she knew it was too late.'

Meeting notes for 18th June

Present 
Pam, Margaret, David C, Elizabeth, Melissa, Geoff, Wendy, Terry, Cath and Jo.

Words of the Day
Supercilious...arrogant, condescending     Askew---Awry,  Word Salad...an overworked brain  Internecine--- Destructive for both sides in conflict, mutually ruinous    Simplistic ---Extremely simple,  Sycophant---servile flatterer           Ambulant---Able to walk        Chaparral---Tangled vegetation and thorny bushes (tumbleweed)
Heinous---Ugly, evil, odious, wicked,        Affirm...... Confirmation

Excellent poems and short quick writes using all the words. 

Reading of homework, [Quick, hide behind the sofa] 
Again a kaleidoscope of variants attacking the same subject

Exciting and interesting wordplay exercise following afternoon tea. 

Homework for 25th
The text read [said] "Very Clever." 

Jon Quill

Meeting 11th June 2014

Present: David C., Pam, Elizabeth, Geoff, Helene, Cath, Terry, Wendy, Jo.

News:  Elizabeth has been busy with family, saw a friend after many years.

Geoff went to a Symphony Concert, in Sydney  - Metropolitan Orchestra - 'TMO', really good night's music.

Cathy was informed and asked about electronic mores.

Helene went pumping - we'll see the results in time ....

Wendy had an electricity plan run out, asked for offers from company - success was hers.

Terry went to Car Club event - good old bikes there.

Jo had male family members visit for days.  No comment.

Pam looking forward to attending Anthology Meeting, well-known Authors.  Shows us Coffs Harbour Writers' gave us on line.

Dave went to Wyong for birthday party - had an uneventful return, luckily.

Word of the Day.

Geoff:          sinecure - a cushy job

Cathy:          cacophony - noise, din

Helene:         slate - a fine-grained rock, to criticize

Wendy:         scrutate - to investigate

Terry:          disdain - scorn

Jo:              eighth

Pam:            reunees: people attending, viz. reunion.

Dave:           pshaw: (pron. shay) disdain

Elizabeth:      cataclysm: violent upheaval in Social or Political fields

'Word' stories.

Geoff:            The vagaries of Government and mention of other Prime         

                     Ministers.

Cathy:           The Earl drove away in his Rolls.

Helene:          Family members - ring-ins - not popular - restructure needed.

Wendy:          She treats staff badly - needs a lesson.

Terry:             A poem.  Prime Minister's mistakes - everyone pounces.

Jo:                 Punishing a would-be Prime Minister.

Pam:              Nonsense, she says - a trembling Constable - pshaw,pshaw.

Dave:              Members say, pshaw, pshaw!

Elizabeth:        He tried to get people together - didn't work - pshaw!

Homework: AS SOON AS SHE WALKED IN, SHE FELT THE TENSION.

Gary:               Had to sing the story.  The Chairperson told Fifi ....

Wendy:            Poem.  A woman of substance - er - a transvestite, pardon.

Helene:            Hairs prickling in an unusual place.  Waxing on, she 

                    continued being female.  Asleep!

Terry:              A part of his book.  McCord, wants action in the office.  

                     Investigate thoroughly!!  P.C. Karen gets the message.

Jo:                  A woman has fright in a toilet. Leaves her husband.

Pam:               The Cheese'. A roomful of nasty faces, speaker, Eternal

                     Life - Tess turned into a winged creature.  A dream.

David:              Walking through a colourful house - a conversion gone

                     wrong.

Elizabeth:         Turning copper coins into gold.  Sister wants to help him

                     out of trouble - a true story - he is now a Scientist.

Geoff:              Political - Republic here now, old Queen still here also.

If you wish to read about an Advanced Writers' Course, see site, Peter Cowan.  Also competitions on same site.  Western Australia.

There was a short discussion on the venue for a meal, it has been established as Tues. 22nd July, Vincentia Golf Club, 49 Murray St. at 12.30 pm For more info. contact Helene or Wendy.

We ended up the afternoon today on 'Anna Gram' puzzles.  Some did it, some didn't.  

We then did a progressive write.  Silly stuff, sometimes made sense, so is it us?

Homework for next Wednesday:  'QUICK, HIDE BEHIND THE SOFA'

Record of meeting 4 June 2014

                    

ATTENDING WERE:

Dave, Terry, Pam, Helene, Wendy, Margaret, Elizabeth,

 Cath, Jo and Geoff.  

Loraine from the Coffs Harbour Writers Group was a guest.

 

NEWS.

Dave - A recap of See Change weekend and enjoyed Poets breckie.

Terry - Sold his trailer sailer. [It’s a yacht to us landlubbers.]

Pam - Has a new dog arriving, a cavalier spaniel named Henry.

Helene - Went to see a movie Gardening for the soul.

Wendy - Quiet week.

Margaret - Film festival in Sydney.

Elizabeth - A horror police story.

Cath - Found a stray dog, threw sticks for it until the pound came and took him home.

Jo - Strange animal in her garden, Could it be a UFO?

Geoff - Enjoyed Book Shop readings at See Change.

 

WORD OF THE DAY.

Phlegmatic - Not easily excited.

Poignant -Touching, moving.

Ascribe - Contributing, belonging.

Hellcat - Spiteful woman

In cahoots - Conspiring

Empathy - Understanding

Risible - Provoking laughter

Mucilaginous - Slimy

Laconic -Succinct

Formidable - Exciting Fearful

Peremptory - Commanding no refusal

We did a quick write using the word of the days.

 

READING OF HOMEWORK.

Dave. A war story of danger and a frog.

Terry. The dangers of growing up and talking to girls.

Pam. Hand to hand combat with spiders galore.

Helene. Keeping safe - too safe.

Margaret. A story of war and peace in Sarajevo.

Gary. Budget woes.

Cath. A tale of love gone wrong.

Jo. An eventful outing, saving a little boys life.

 

Loraine spoke about the Coffs Harbour Writers Group, and took a group photo of us to put into their news letter.

 

HOMEWORK

 As soon as she/he walked in she/he felt the tension.

Recorded by Wendy and posted by Helene

 

Record of meeting 28 May 2014

News

Melissa-enjoying volunteering at radio station
Pam- enjoyed having visitors, kangaroos were well behaved too!
Helene- went to Canberra to see grand son
Trish- ongoing issues with throat specialist
Elizabeth-nada, except for an eye injection
Cath- surveyed about electricity, turned out to be shocking!
Jo- car issues, that'll do
Geoff- new owner of a MacBook
Leonie- saw a baby kangaroo and it's mama over her back fence; planning a trip to see rellies
David C.- read poetry at Angel's cafe, ready to perform at BooBook for See Change
Margaret- went to Hill End and Cowra, also was in hospital, not as much fun

Lots of health issues for some of our members - wishing everyone speedy recoveries and healing.


Words of the day

glasnost-openness
importune-to beg, harass
stony-stone like, pitiless
gratuity- a gift, a tip
enterprise- a large undertaking
sequacious-to follow, consecutive
boondoggle-to do work of little value in order to look busy
cosplay-costume play; a performance art where people wear costumes
orison-prayer
misanthropic-hatred of all
macabre-from the grave

We then did a quick write using the above words.

Homework: disability

Garry - Disability, a short story about an aunt
Jo - Come On I'll Take You For a Nice Walk, short story about a frog
Elizabeth- The Character With a Disability, true story recollecting people in her life
Helene - Disability In Training, a shocking true story
Margaret - Disable  Enable  Delete, short story recollecting world events
Pam - A Dreadful Affliction, a true story about a lack of navigation skills
David C. - The Ghost of John Wayne and True Grit, short story about a robbery
Leonie - One At a Time, a short story from a previous homework topic

The following people are attending the Trivia Night on Friday:
Jo
Melissa
Terry
David C.
Cath
Geoff
Holly
Elizabeth

Exercise

Words and 'There' Meanings -Matching words to their meanings

Homework

That was by far the most dangerous thing I've ever ......





Recorded by Melissa posted by Helene

Meeting 21st May 2014

Attendance:  Jo, Wendy, Cathy, Pam, Elizabeth, Helene, Geoff, David C.

News of the Week. 

Geoff: entered the Newcastle Poetry Prize.  He said that the St. George's Basin Music Club is closing down, one Concert to go, late June, at Community Centre, Meriton Street.  

Cathy: Has issues with Telstra.  She has a lovely flowered top on, good enough to put in a vase!

Helene: Saw the movie 'The Other Woman'.

Wendy: Went to Greenwell Point.  Ate huge amount of fish.  Watched pelicans.

Pam: Went to Gerbera Farm.  Will devote her time to them in future.  Felt sorry for the Dorplar Sheep.

Elizabeth: Lost her cheque book - found non-posted birthday card in a drawer.  Went to see Great-grand-daughter, Lucy, ust had tonsils out.

Jo: Did nothing.

David: Went to Sydney - grand-daughter and grandson, baby-sitting.  Road travel wonderful.

Words of the Day

Cath:      asperity - terse style

Jo:         mural-resembling a wall

Helene:    char - cleaning lady, tea for British, to burn

Wendy:    paraphenalia - personal belongings or bits of equipment

Pam:       lacuna - blank space, small hole in bone, etc.

Elizabeth: isthmus - a narrow neck of land - ocean on both sides land

David:     disenchanted - disappointed - to cause disappointment

Geoff:     condone - to accept, to forgive

Writings from 'Word of the Day'

David: Sitting on the balcony - damned charlady interrupted his dreams = she put a spell on him.

Geoff: The budget - Hockey acts like a charlady.  The outlook is bleak, especially for youth.

Jo: Condoning behaviour of the group?  Never.

Elizabeth: Charlady disappoints - looking across at the isthmus.

Helene: Amity - a char - cleaned cousin's house - and a mural - nothing worth anything there though, except Save the Trees PLEASE.

Pam: A rough mural - no good, a bad job.

Wendy: Poem - a mural - a lacunafull of stuff on the wall.

Cath: Joan - doesn't appreciate char's lazy job.

Homework:  "The Gossip Column"

Garry: Stories from secret groups in the Bay and Basin area

Helene: Secrets from See Change
Jo:      A provincial gossiper's silly stuff.

David: Sang his column at first - question and answer style - don't eat chicken with fingers - eat fingers with chicken!  Glenn - girlfriend thinks he's being unfaithful.  Fat woman - should be stapled.  Fat people are lazy people. Sang off.  Uncle Arthur's problem page at end.

Cathy:  Wedding on Saturday - honeymooning in Tunisia.  Open day for students.  Radio, good, easy listening, people, holidays.  Real people.

There is a photograph display at Lady Denman, Long weekend, no entry fee.  More details available at Lady Denman I would think.

Pam showed us a word, 'charrette' a new word for most of us, and it is repeated in our local paper about four times, word has been picked up by Herald.  Confusing the issues?

We did a Write.  Fairy Stories, etc.

Apologies to all for the Write summing-up, there is no info.

Homework: Write about someone who has a disability. 

Meeting 14th May 2014

Present:  Elizabeth, Wendy, David C., Geoff, Jo, Cath, Helene

News 

David has had his bad back attended to.  Went to visit family in Sydney in the weekend and had a great time.

Geoff had a quiet life lately, he said.

Cath went swimming and made crumpets, no, not at the beach!  She introduced a Budget Survey for comment - no one interested at this time.

Helene went to Canberra, saw the grandchildren, otherwise been a quiet time.

Wendy went to the German Club for Mother's Day, ate German food.  Didn't like dumplings.

Elizabeth Family weekend - new great-grandchild, she told him how to grow up.

Jo sent her book chapters away.  We talked about being forgetful too.

Word of the Day.

David:      ingenious - clever

Jo:          hysterical - emotionally disturbed

Geoff:      hypothecate - money allocated for particular purpose

Helene:    moraine - debris from a glacier

Wendy:    eschew - put aside.

Elizabeth: domicile - dwelling place

Cathy:      garrulous- talkative

The stories from those words were:

Cath:  A noisy moraine should be safe.

Helene: Fiona destroyed her house, got away with it.

Wendy: Budget - a poem - politicians conniving.

Elizabeth: She had an idea - sell her house.

David: Someone named Moraine - was to get married - cancelled it.

Geoff: Hysterical attacks on Labour

Jo: An ingenious plot, to live on Mt. Everest.

Homework:  'One at a Time'

Pam sent hers: Temptation, misspent youth, influencing what the inmates are not to watch or hear on TV - Addicts - can it work.

Elizabeth: Lying in bed.  Grandson arrives. The dog plus, the three of them had a 'cricket game'.

Jo: The cat and pills.

David: What's next - an older man - wait for change - one day at a time

Helene: Poem - Wisdom and Happiness - one day at a time - writing - sharing- laughing.  Where is wisdom?

David spoke about Seymour Wells, and history.

Helene read out a letter from Gary.

We did a progressive write on Song and Dance.

Then we did an exercise from a textbook putting words into pertinent places.

The next week's homework is 'Write a Gossip Column'.