{"id":693,"date":"2018-12-07T07:08:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T06:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/?p=693"},"modified":"2018-12-07T07:08:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T06:08:57","slug":"alphaday-5-season-xv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/alphaday-5-season-xv\/","title":{"rendered":"Alphaday 5 &#8211; Season XV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi\nAlphas,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome\nto Alphaday 5, Season XV. This is the last Alphaday of 2018 and I expect you\u2019re\nready for a mid-season break. In fact we\u2019re only just over a third of the way\nthrough, but I think we\u2019ve packed a lot into this first part. We\u2019ve been treated\nto a wealth of varied writings and \u2013 more importantly perhaps \u2013 we\u2019ve had to\nconsider the qualities of every piece and question our own methods. Add the\nextras supplied by the Log and Writers\u2019 Reads and we certainly have been busy\nenough to look forward to mulled wine and mince pies for a change; for some of\nus you\u2019ll have read that as a metaphor for whatever seasonal treats are available.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking\nof treats, the Alpha agenda is studded with them, as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This\nBulletin from me<\/li><li>Results\nand feedback re. the Open Page 1<sup>st<\/sup> edition from Christine<\/li><li>The\ncollated entries for the Photo challenge from Sarah<\/li><li>The\nbrief for Challenge 4 from Jackie<\/li><li>A\nWriters\u2019 Reads prompt from Morgen<\/li><li>A\ncall for Log entries from Sally<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As\nusual every single Alpha member has contributed something to the above agenda.\nThanks can be scattered in all directions and we appreciate this willingness to\ncontribute and the fruits thereof which you\u2019ll receive in the course of the\nday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alpha News:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\nwelcome a new member today. <strong>Martin <\/strong>is\nan all-round writer with an interest in poetry. He hails from Sheffield which seems\nfairly close to the part of the world that\u2019s densely populated by Alphas. We\nhope you\u2019ll soon feel at home with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019d\nlike to send my best wishes for the festive season to our two senior members\nwho for health reasons have taken a back seat in this season\u2019s activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Season\u2019s Greetings\nto you both, Olaf and Chris!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>General news:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\nwonder if it would take another two years to put all the laws that were taken\nout of the EU system and transferred to the UK system back the other way again?\nWhat a waste of time! As for the frightening, destructive fury that reared its\nugly head in Paris and other large French cities one wonders why a civilised\nsociety needs that type of argument. As David Attenborough said, \u201cThe collapse\nof our civilisations is on the horizon.\u201d He was talking about climate change,\nand that\u2019s a very serious threat, but it\u2019s clearly not the only one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author\nChimamanda Ngozi Adichie who presented the Turner Prize to the winner,\nCharlotte Prodger, made an excellent speech in which she said that art was\nessential for a wider, more imaginative vision of every aspect of our culture\nincluding the sciences. Of course she\u2019s right!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s\nhave a peaceful festive season with more goodwill and mulled wine than\nwrangling or violence. With all the extreme weather we\u2019re getting we might even\nhave a white one here in Europe \u2026 and I hope the fires in Queensland, the\nfloods in NSW and the earthquakes in Nepal have calmed down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Season\u2019s\ngreetings,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Alphas, Welcome to Alphaday 5, Season XV. This is the last Alphaday of 2018 and I expect you\u2019re ready for a mid-season break. 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