Jan. 24th summary

Blustery night to meet! A nice supper was had at the Pedal and Tap where a few members ran into each other prior to the meeting. Mike and Susan were missed but hopefully will rejoin us again. Mike R. gave us a stimulating exercise about pairing down the use of excess modifiers which was enlightening! We read over a few pieces for the journal with some editing until calling it quits due to fatigue and brain drain. (me bad!) We will be gearing up for 'Cabin Fever Daze' once the journal is done. The snow continues to fall, the pens continue to write and the group continues to meet. Write On!

Tuesday, January 10th meeting summary

OK. I apologize. I should have posted this summary while the meeting was fresh in my mind, but no...here I am on a Monday night sipping a glass of red wine and trying to recall it all. It seems we have a core group now which includes the two Mikes, a Sue(and a Susan we hope still), a Don and a Heather. Hopefully new members will join us this year.

Mike Redfern led the warm-up exercise with the topic of 'Firsts'. Folks shared their scribblings around their first lemon meringue pie making, grade seven slow dance, the classic first kiss with a nurse on a sailor's port break, a first ride on a bull in an alcohol laden fashion, and an unforgettable wipeout on wooden skis which broke in two.

This was followed by the belated christmas assignment. Don shared his poignant journey of healing with us and the importance of cultivating an 'attitude of gratitude'. Sue shared about a disastrous christmas play collaboration that was sabotaged by the flu bug, Heather rewrote a few christmas ditties and a short story. Mike W. made us all teary with a lovely poem written by a State trooper sharing his christmas experiences...plus a hospital episode involving a certain impressive 'member' of the anatomy. The meeting ended around 9 and we all made our way home safely in the snowy dark. Until we meet again dear hearts...