Minute of meeing 15 March 2018 Venue: Neos Sports Club, Pegeia

Welcome scribes, after an absence of a month I found a big change in the attending member numbers thanks to Caroline’s recruitment strategy. With more input the meetings flow smoothly and contain lots of interesting topics.

Present: John Goodwin, Richard Palmer, Caroline Harman-Smith, Maurice Holloway, Jordi Gordi, Bob Barker, Dee Leigh, Nikki Burrows-McCarthy, Gill Ainsworth, June Megennis, Charles Haddad, John Eaton, Peggy Barnes, Mike White, Paul Trebess.

Readings :

Gill Final Chapter of “One Vision”

Based on Writing prompt of A picture in 1000 500 words

Maurice Demetra's Garden

Caroline Swallows

June Morning has Broken

Dee All in the Mind

Dee Reflection

Mike Tally Ho!

John G Terrace View

Coffee break 11.0.am to 11.10.am

Other Readings:

John E The raid

Rich poem Coughin' Up

Rich poem.Motoring memories

Bob Told us how he promoted his Carver series of Crime Novels followed by an extract.

Nikki Angels

Paul What draws us to islands

Jordi Greek mythology Extract

This week’s writing prompt:

In tribute to the passing of Stephen Hawking who’s advice to his children started with:

“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet.”

So write a story, article, poem in any format based on the line “Look up at the Stars.” Please try to keep it to 500 words.

Thanks to all who attended, next meeting Thursday, 22nd, March Upstairs at Neo's as usual.