[Magdalen] INTRO

[Lesley de Voil]

Hi all, I was about to point Martin in the direction of the 'pub rules'(just search for herberthouse.org and you will find it, Martin, although I would have thought that's where you would have started)  and associated arcana, when I realised that I myself have not posted an INTRO as requested upon joining.  I first heard of the big A from a friend  (now deceased) in Canberra, who had one of those t-shirts with  kneel-pray-sit-type ( is that right? It's been a long time....) on it.  I read the list after hours thanks to some public servant friends, but did not join up for some years. I was in those years a single mother, running my own farm during the week and playing the pipe organ mostly at weekends in a regional city.  I would sometimes chip in with a view from down under, but enjoyed the fellowship offered by many people in distant lands. Some time after Magdalen  was created, Tony Clavier suggested that I come and enjoy life in a more welcoming atmosphere and I have been here ever since. I have now given up farming, but not the pipe organ, so life is slightly less complicated than    used to be. While travelling overseas I have been welcomed by listmembers and have had the joyous privilege of showing others  some of the delights of my country.