Hi Scribblers
Last night's meeting was a reasonably populated one with eleven of us present. It was nice to welcome Cathy back to Scribblers again.
As usual the content was both varied and all was excellent. We had true stories and works of fiction on many subjects. It never fails to amaze me how one word can be used in so many different contexts.
We had apologies from Martin and Carolyn and those present included
Dave, Les, Dick, Caz, Liliane, Beryl, Angela P, Cathy, Tony, Barry M and myself.
Les was first to read with Dr O Connor. His story concerned the rise and rise of a shy man by the name of Sean O Connor. His career began at medical school, then he went to work for a GP in a small town and for seven years he delighted the patients and his parents by growing to maturity under the tutelage of his mentor. The older doctor died and Sean wondered about his future but was surprised by the mayor, and by extension the townspeople, at a surprise meeting to offer him the job as the new town GP.
Caz was next with her short poem Road Rage, which told us how badly getting annoyed while driving affected the way we, ourselves behaved to other road users.
Next came Dick with his amusing story called Partying with the Borgias. This was an evening with the Borgias and the way Lucretia dealt with the groping Alfonso and how the evening with Leonardo da Vinci caused some amusement when Lucretia thought that intricate sketches of his inventions were really cartoons..
Dave gave us another instalment in his Pauline story. This was called Breaking Glass and told of how Pauline was in a supermarket and noticed the ex wife of her policeman boyfriend shopping with the sergeant from the station. She tried to take surreptitious photos but was spotted, and later, while waiting for Bill to arrive home a brick was thrown through the lounge window.
My tale was of the time I was taken ill while on holiday in Italy and how I spent a few days at the Ospidale di Cecine.
Barry M gave us the story called Writer's Block concerning a reporter for a local newspaper telling of the young man who started as a tea boy and office junior and advanced himself to be an investigative reporter. This was to prove to be the cause of the young man's death while investigating dome dodgy dealing in the drug trade.
Tony gave us Following Wind, one of his usual, intricate and quite clever use of card games and explaining the game of Patience.
Cathy entertained us with a humorous tale of a lady determined to improve her self worth by attending a spa weekend which developed into a well written and true to life story called Don't believe all you read , involving a down to earth lady who spent so much time at the spa resort she eventually could not pay the bill.
Angela P gave us Maureen's story, which was a continuation of her tale of four people in a cafe where each had to recount a true story to the others. Maureen told of her first love and how a secretive assignation with a married man developed into a serious affair but which was cut short but revived after years apart when the man was very ill.
Beryl gave us part of a novel with a section from the 1900's concerning the convalescent home called the Herman de stern and of the friendship that blossomed from walks along the seafront in Felixstowe to a secure friendship of a woman teaching a Jewish friend how to speak English.
Liliane continued in her family vein with Family Doctor and told how the immediate and not so immediate family of this particular doctor imposed upon him a feeling of his being duty bound to care for them all at the expense of his normal
patient list.
As I said, this was another excellent meeting and thanks to all who attended.
Next time the subject for the meeting on April 2nd is YESTERDAY.
See you all then.
Barry.
