Moles Creative Writing Group: 2010

These are the stories, for what they are worth, that I have written for the Moles Creative Writing Group during 2010.

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Date	Chairperson	Theme	My Story
January 26th	Sylvia	What if ...	"What If," Thought Ben "What if dinosaurs still roamed the earth?" thought Ben as he lay recovering from flu ...
February 23rd	Robert	Opening paragraphs of a novel	Chapter 1 The whole opening chapter of a novel. I wonder if the rest will ever get written?
March 23rd	Des	A Dialogue	An Enlightening Dialog John meets an old friend and enlightens him (For the spelling of 'dialog', see September 2006)
April 27th	Wendy	Story inspired by a topical news item	Eyjaflallajökull & the Mortal Woman This poem refers to two news items which were topical in April: the eruption of Eyjaflallajökull which led to Britain and northern Europe being a no-fly zone for six days; and the London Marathon. The journey of the "mortal woman" is clearly suggested by that of Mara Yamauchi; but the details of the journey are not the same. The "mortal woman" represents everyone who got to London and took part in the Marathon, despite difficulties of travel.
May 25th	Ray	An amusing misunderstanding	An Amusing Misunderstanding 'This story draws draws partly on my experiences as a lecturer in further & higher education.
June 22nd	Ann	Food and/or drink	Tom's Strange Encounter The starting point of this story was a thread on the Conlang mailing list following a remark very similar to Tom's reply when Peter suggests buying him a beer.
July 27th	Pat	Re-reading a School Diary	Re-reading a School Diary The diary dates from 1954. This is a nostalgic look back at a school trip of fifty six years ago.
No meeting during August
September 22nd	Ann	Rehearsal of own choice for the 'Arts Alive' event next month.
October 27th	'Arts Alive 2010.'
November 24th	Sylvia	I remember	I REMEMBER (Remembrance Sunday, 2010) Most of this poem came to me suddenly as I was getting lunch on the morning of Remembrance Sunday. The original poem was very bleak; but thoughts of the approaching season of Advent later suggested the last lines and give reason for hope.
December 14th	Pat	A ghost story or something to do with Christmas	Lord Bartleby-Finch Whom did John meet and where will he be next Christmas?