My apologies for lateness of these - please blame Christmas preparations and two December family birthdays!
Present: Hayley, Liliane, Caz, Mairead, Dave, Richard, Dick, Jane, Tony, Cathy
Apologies: Beryl and Jeanette
Business: Dave thanked the committee and all group members for their support during 2015, and voiced his hopes that Scribblers will continue in the same successful and enjoyable vein in 2016. All present echoed his sentiments, and thanked him for all the work he does for the group.
Beryl was in our thoughts, and we all hope that the New Year will bring some improvement to the painful leg she is suffering from.
Our thoughts also go to Suzy - she sent her best wishes to us - I think she misses the group!
Before enjoying the festive food and drinks brought in for the evening, we listened to the reading of short stories of 250 words which members had brought with them. Well, most members - one of our company thought the limit was a miserly 50 words, but managed an interesting piece of work all the same - Well Done, Caz! And Dick thought we were going to write 'on the night', so nipped out of the room and wrote a very good 250 word story 'instantly' - what talent!
Readings: - a tremendous variety of work, as ever.
Hayley - The Puzzle Box
Liliane - Fireside
Richard - Janice's Secret
Tony - two very personal and poignant poems
Jane - This year it will be different
Mairead - Christmas Eve at the workshop
Caz - Alphabetical shades of you
Dick - Burglar's luck
Dave - Circumstances, part 2
For the second half of the evening we all settled down for a pleasant hour of socialising and eating - what a good way to end the year!
First meeting in 2016 - Tuesday 5 January, when the 1000 word homework will be on the topic 'Resolutions', as suggested by Caz.
Merry Christmas everyone,
Cathy
