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Below is a picture of Eugene Fox a member of Dunlewey Muses. Ellen kindly typed Eugene`s story and saved it to disc. From there it was upload by Muse1 and added to the blog. So now we are four. Hopefully the rest of the clan will follow suit.

Today Wednesday 13Th December was a great day in the class. The last day of term and Hilda and Christine provided the mince pies. I know Hilda won`t be offended but Christine's pies stole the day as they were made by her own fair hand.Yummy. The Pies I mean.

Jane had the class in stitches, no Pun intended, about her story of a young nurse collecting all her patients false teeth in a bowl. Trying to find the owners of a particular set of teeth was hilarious.

Margo read a piece set in an intensive care unit. I missed part of the story but the bit that I did hear was up to her usual high standard. One description was of the sound of the ward,"panting of machines blowing air into tired lungs. "

Christine read a poem "Fingers for playing the Piano" I am going to have to wrestle her to get some of her poetry for this blog. I love listening to her writings.

Each member of the group provided a photograph which was passed around the group. Each member had to do a few lines on the subject in the photographs. Margo had a relatively new photo of her in New York with the Twin Towers as a back drop. There is a photograph from the attack on the towers of a Policeman standing in exactly the same spot trying to get on lookers back as the second plane crashes into the tower. I must see if I can can persuade Margo to provide a scan of the photo to include here.

The aim of the class exercise was to illustrate how a photo can enhance a story .Hilda provided a book list of some writers that had used photographs in their books. I had read one of the list"Ring of Bright Water" by Gavin Maxwell.