Hi, Ruby, hi, everyone. I'm very pleased to be here! I will be starting to read the reading assignments today. Meanwhile, as far as writing assignments go, I'm happy to put myself up for a challenge from Ruby; or one from my friend Debs: she sent me some time ago 12 words to use in a story. I set myself the challenge of using each of those words in a different context, to use each of their varied meanings, within the same story. I only got as far as the dictionary research... and life intervened. The words are:
Playful
Scrabble
Momentarily
Tender
Obsequious
Coating
Involuntary
Caught
Ambition
Calculate
Turned
Bound

I have no idea as yet for a story using them; apart from the dictionary research, I have given it no time or thought.

I leave the choice to you entirely, Ruby (or to change the list, or whatever).