May 2020

The group held their second zoom video meeting on Wed 6th May, with 9 members eventually taking part. I have to say that I had extreme difficulty in logging into the meeting, to the extent that I missed about 40 minutes and had to rely on an old fashioned telephone call the next morning, with the chairman, to check on what was discussed in the early part of the meeting. One of these early matters was a report from Helen (Helena Dixon) on the success of her latest book, which is now in the top 1000 in this country and is also a best seller in Canada and Australia. This has resulted in her being offered a further two book deal. I therefore wish to record the group’s heartiest congratulations to her and wish her even more success in the future. Some members had posted their homework project, “The propelling pencil” on “Slack” and Carol read hers out, which was a sonnet. Whether it was in Shakespearian form or not I am not sure, as I was distracted, trying to solve my video problem but it seemed to be enjoyed by the rest of the group. Our next “Zoom” meeting was set for Wed 3rd June at 7.30pm and members were requested to post their homework project on “Slack” before the date of this meeting. The subject of the homework was set by our chairman, Mark, as “A meeting under the apple tree” and it was agreed that, if possible, it should be written in the form of a 10 minute play suitable for radio. This is to be loaded on Slack for members to read and comment on ahead of the next meeting. Members to upload by May 31st. I wish everyone success with this very interesting subject and look forward to hearing the results of your efforts. Please everyone take care and keep safe in these very difficult times. – Eric Newton Vice Chairman.