June - Shared stories then a semester end warmup at the Northo

With Joy holidaying overseas and our scheduled day falling on a public holiday we only had three of our writers “in residence”. 

We enjoyed contributions from Betty with a beautifully written piece on “We didn’t know that it would be our  last sunset at the lake” . Neville’s memoir piece on Family Rituals reflected   on traditions or regular routines being a continuum in providing solace for some but in doing so, excluding others.  Jenny wrote on a story reflecting emotions eg fear, determination.   The story illustrated the terror and fear of a Vietnamese family escaping from their country.

Our varied subjects promoted quite a lot of discussion, before a move was made to the North Eastern for a warming beverage.    This was planned to be our last day at the North Eastern as Creative Writing will now extend for 2 hours at our U3A room.

The tasks for the Creative Writing session from 1.30 to 3.30 pm on the 9th July are –

1. Write a story using one of the following prompts:
2. Two years ago, I swore I would never come back here again
3. Helen looked up from her reading and her book fell from her lap
4. I was not ready to admit defeat
5. Add to a paragraph supplied.

Jenny McKenna