I am ensconsed at my computer at a writing desk that I plan to use a great deal during my retreat here in the quaint and beautiful Prince Albert.

I am most grateful to my friends(and colleagues) Siobhan and Chantel who set up this blog for me as I rushed to get things handed over so I could leave on this adventure. The thought of this loving gesture came up often as I found my way here.

You see, it is something I have been promising myself for a year now and kept postponing … The usual excuses and nonsense – telling myself I don’t have the time to figure it out… When the truth is, it makes me really happy to put my thoughts down on paper. And I have been told more than once that I write the way I talk. And when they (I forget who!!??) said it , it sounded like a good thing…an entertaining thing…hopefully a readable thing. Whether it is indeed  so, remains to be seen.

Back to Siohan and Chantel, thank you for this wonderful, loving gift and for putting up with my pre-annual leave jitters. I know I was not fit for human consumption for quite a while.. Really sorry. Promise to do my best to fall back in love with myself as King David prompted me to do as he said goodbye.

I hate goodbyes..so I didn’t say any. Much prefer to say :”Hello world, this is me”… happens to be the title of a song which has great significance for me. Go figure?

This is a lovely town. I remember the first time I came here to look for a place to retreat to during my leave, I kept thinking …this is a really pretty place. It came up that one could in all honesty write Prince Albert is a pretty town. So pretty that even the prison (located in the main street) is picturesque and the rubbish bins are painted in beautiful colours and designs – so they are pretty too!

I have lots more to write, but for now I think I will publish this my first blog and set about playing with the features and figuring out how to link all my beloveds.

Tomorrow I will have figured out a lot more I am sure.