Last night, I promised that I would update you on the inaugural meeting of the Gosport u3a Creative writing group. I have to be honest and say that I would have been pleased had three or four people turned up. Instead, there were 12 people, yes, that is not a misprint – 12. Apparently, there also a number who had written to the groups manager to let them know that they were interested, but were unable to attend today’s meeting. I think it is fair to say that I was gobsmackingly delighted.
The atmosphere, even in this relatively short meeting, was keen and enthusiastic; all I have to do now is meet their expectations. Once I finish tonight’s post, I have the survey forms to analyse, which should give me some information for feeding into the group dynamic.
I am now a little bit worried about making sure that I try to do right by them.
After the success of the morning, I moved on to the afternoon session, Exploring Art. The set topic had been the circus. I haven’t been to a circus in roughly 60 years. I’m really not enthused by them, and couldn’t motivate myself to prepare anything for the session.
The next session is Portraits. I have some thoughts about that.
When I picked Elayne up from her volunteering session she said she had a present for me. I had to stand with my eyes closed, whilst she sorted it. She said “open your eyes” and she handed me my first book on Compost. I am absolutely delighted.
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