(Because of problems with the lift/elevator,
we were in the downstairs music room)
Pete’s story was
of two brothers, who had many adverse changes of direction during their careers.
One Christmas, they let the dice decide who would safely
negotiate the next corner during a game of Monopoly. Would they pass GO and
collect 200 or simply land in Jail.
Elizabeth’s
character chased its elusive prey round every part of house and garden until it
was finally cornered.
The black cat managed to get its claws into the elusive rat.
Morag told of the
statistics of cycling accidents which occur
at corners.
Olympic Cyclist Chris Boadman’s mother died in a cycling
accident with a pickup truck and he has campaigned to change traffic laws to
reduce cycle-related accidents.
Joyce related
fortunate incidents which had affected her and other people’s life, from
unexpectedly receiving a bunch of flowers to accidently meeting a life partner
simply because a meeting venue had been changed.
Not knowing what is round the next corner shouldn’t prevent
us from going forward.
Kate, in her
teens, went on a youth hostelling trip to Ireland and experienced a stream of
travel mishaps.
Lifts in strange cars and lorries, ferry crossings and
transport strikes left her worrying if the next corner she rounded, could be
her last.
Hilary imagined a
situation where her friends left her a birthday present in the centre of a
maze.
After turning many wrong corners, she did reach the present.
Unfortunately it took so long that she was going to be late for the party.
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Open Manuscripts.
Wilma continued
her account of the Blawarthill
Church, this time
detailing the well known personalities who had been connect with the church
either as members or visitors. They include international footballers, singers,
writer’s and actors.
Joan Fr had a
poem written about herself by one of her former pupils on the occasion of her
birthday.
In a less than ideal school, the writer had gained a love of
English literature by listening to his version of ‘Jean Brodie’.
Hilary distributed
a random set of brochures, postcards and booklets with which, as an exercise,
we attempted to describe the essence of its subject matter.
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Next week - Adjudication and readings of Women’s Short Story
Competition
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