I'm not saying we have to, but suggesting that we might, and it would be an idea to come prepared ... the Dictionary / Fictionary game is similar but simpler/speedier to the Ex Libris game that Gita mentioned. It's just a matter of choosing an obscure but interesting word from a dictionary and asking for definitions - I can guarantee that hysterical giggling will emanate from me and Gita, with or without alcoholic lubrication.
So, Be Prepared by making a list of half a dozen words in advance.
My all time, and partially appropriate for this event, favourite was 'mallemaroking'
There were several interesting possible meaning put forward for this by the then participants, and no-one guessed that its true meaning was 'the carousing of seamen in icebound ships'
In 2010, the House of Writers (HoW) first met in New Orleans, USA. Julia & Sandra travelled across the pond to meet Gita, Mike, Jared (with Isabelle & Sophie), Joe, Teresa, Michael and Shauna (with Kevin) This year we meet in Blowing Rock, USA, and hope to stimulate great writing in a rural idyll. OK, we'll still be bringing whisky...
Friday, August 27
How Quotes: 10
HoW marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
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