Bay and Basin Writers

03 February 2016

Record of meeting 3 February 2016

The writers

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

The Concert nominations to Wendy

"Over There" concert Tuesday 5 April 11 am to 12.45 pm at the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre – a treat for members - contact Wendy if you want to go.

The words of the day

Alibi = Latin for claim that one was elsewhere

Termagant = bad tempered or overbearing woman

Serendipity = happy an unexpected discovery by accident

Aphorism = a terse saying embodying general truth astute observation

Parsimonious = stingy

Morbid = unwholesomely gloomy

Nascent = an emerging thing with potential eg 3D printing

Docible = easily taught

Spurious = false

Stories from words of the day

The writers were docible producing

a wonderful array of stories and

poems on the topics - The sheep,

Megalomania, Hard of hearing,

The judge, A good lawyer,

The parsons nose,

Not playing with a full deck,

Mr Patrick and Sipping on brandy.

Reading of homework

Four dedicated writers read

petty stories - Rags to riches
from Juan, A crime in her
mind from Diane, The interview
by David C and Christmas
shopping by Leonie.

Forensic science presentation 3 February 2016

Veins in hand

Juan gave an outline of the start of his forensic experience from the age of 22, covered many topics including finger printing, ear prints, eye scans, lip prints and brain finger printing.

Thank you to Juan for his enthusiastic presentation. We will have more fantastic forensic presentations from Lynn, Terry and David C over the next three weeks.

The homework

Write a story identifying a perpetrator using some of the techniques described by Juan or write about what inspires you.

27 January 2016

Record of meeting 27 January 2016

The Writers

Cath, Terry, David C, Leonie, Pauline, Juan, Elizabeth, Wendy, Helene and Diane

The Words of the day

Cupidity = excessive desire to posses something

Perfidy = treachery

Anarchic = not following or having any laws or rules, wild uncontrolled

Malleable = easily influenced or moulded

Flamboyant = bright & showy

Consent = acquiesce

Clairvoyant = powers beyond the usual

Cluastral = a less common version of cloistral

Misocatnic = hatred of smoke

Incarcerate = imprison

Stories from words of the day

We manipulated the words of the day into a flamboyant range of stories - My friend An, Visiting my mate, Forgive me, Like superman – a great bit of fun from Yuan, Hamish and Agatha, The convent, Those who smoke, The Monster’s demise, British rule and Unforseen incarceration.

Reading of homework

I think I’ll be an Aussie – brilliant poem of clichés from Wendy, Views from the school and churches – a nostalgic story from Elizabeth, A choice of country – experiences from Juan, From Australia House in London to the beach – memories from Pauline, Calling the Flying Doctor on Australia Day – an outback story from Leonie, Welcome to Australia – memories from David C, Visiting Sydney on Australia Day from Diane and Terra Nullius by Terry.

Group outing Over there - our wars in hit songs and stories

Singing of World War 2 songs accompanied our discussion of a visit to the Entertainment Centre in April 2016. Please let Wendy know if you would like to attend and she will make a group booking and pay.

Quick write - The sweet smell of success

We captured the essence of success with our stories and poems - The party to end all parties, Primary school teachers definition of success, A funny uncle – it sucks, The driving test, Fairy floss, Success forget it, All that glitters, Chocolate biscuits and Somewhere to stay.

February Forensic topics – aprox 30 minutes following afternoon tea

6 Feb - Juan – Biometrics, Money Laundering, Brain fingerprinting

13 Feb - Terry – Disciplines of Forensic, Physical and trace evidence, Fibre and soil analysis

20 Feb – Lynn – Toxicology

27 Feb – David C – Identity theft, Touch DNA, Bite marks, Tyre tracks

Homework

Petty crime – ease gently into Forensic month or another topic of your choice

24 January 2016

Meeting notes for 20th January 2016

Present:- Terry, Cath, Pauline, Leonie, Lyn, David C, Juan, Wendy, Apology from Di.

Once again there were good vibrations felt among the group during a jovial discussion

of past events.

A salubrious amount of words inveigled into our quick write, followed by the reading of the home work a veritable kaleidoscope of colourful language [non swearing of course.] a cacophony of words on Waiting.

Truly words of wisdom.

Tea coffee cakes and biscuits, afternoon siesta.

Afterwards an in-depth debate on having a monthly theme with numerous ideas being proposed, including :

* Word of the day and homework to be related to that theme.

Homework for 27th Jan.

"Australia Day."

Suggested genre for study in Feb. Forensics and Crime with Valentines day...open to love and kisses or crimes of passion.

These are suggested themes and subject matter that, if any member is not comfortable with,

they can chose to write on their own selected theme.

15 January 2016

Meeting notes for 13th January 2016

School holidays, visitors & family events resulted in a smaller group than usual, however there was plenty of discussion and opinions being given among Pauline, Di, Juan, Wendy & Cath

Words of the Day were:
Autolatry - self obsession.
Truncate – to cut short or maim
Hulk – a rotting ship, large
Kowtow – to grovel or bow down
Plebeian – common

Varied tales were composed using the WOTD, a fracas at the movies, Angela’s arrest, misled audience, the Sumo wrestler and a poem.

Last week’s homework was free choice with stories about noisy neighbours, having a sheep as a special friend and a poem titled Ducket List – things to avoid.

Questions were raised regarding how to obtain information on various genres with some internet sites being suggested.

Following the tea break everyone got busy writing their thoughts on Temptation , one was rebellious, another poetically tried to resist many varieties of cheese, the television programme Temptation brought memories to the fore, temptation with its many disguises and a poem of regret.

Next week’s homework is:- WAITING

03 January 2016

Welcome to 2016 - Zen things to do

16 December 2015

Record of meeting 16 December 2015

The writers

Juan, Wendy, Cath, Pauline, Helene, Lynn, David C, Di and welcome back to Elizabeth.

The words of the day

Waspish = petulant

Brusque = abrupt, harsh

Epoch = era, point in time

Logophile = lover of words

Erudite = learned or scholarly

Maudlin = sad, morose, sentimental

Halcyon = calm, tranquil, prosperous

Déjà vu = from French, literally "already seen", strong sensation of a previous event or experience.

Writing from words of the day

The logophiles grabbed the words of the day and in 10 minutes produced an erudite range of stories -Tom sneered as he delivered my lunch, Walking in the rain, A letter to my dad, I thought it would be different, Looking back, The smile returned, My grandson and The good old days.

Reading of homework

Eight diligent writers read homework as follows - Magical Christmas memories from Helene, The face never forgotten by Juan, When did Christmas change from Lynn, The happiest Christmas – 1973 from Di, The spider that saved Christmas from David C, Pommies with sunburn on Christmas day – sung by Pauline, Christmas shopping alone by Cath and Xmas who needs it by Wendy.

February 2016 Forensic month

Juan raised for discussion his offer to make forensic presentations to the group.

1. The group agreed to make February 2016 forensic month.

2. Writers to bring forensic/crime type words for word of the day

3. Use the forensic topic for our quick write exercise

4. Crime theme homework

Anthology for 2016

We agreed to work towards publishing an Anthology in 2016.

First meeting for 2016

6 January 2016

Homework

A new beginning