We are off in a matter of hours and it could not have come at a better time. I am flat wore out – work, home, working at home – done with it all. We’ve rented a beach house at Vivonne Bay on Kangaroo Island. Apparently it is one of the nicest beaches in Australia, but more importantly there is no TV, no phone and no internet. The only way onto the island is by air or ferry, which gives the place an air of isolation that is exactly what I am looking for right about now. Nothing but sun, sand, sea and lots of native flora and fauna.

The lack of internet aspect is looking pretty good right now as well. Before I started blogging I pretty much used the internet to check the news and weather, to do research for work and to keep track of sports scores – and maybe the occasional ‘recreational film screening’. These days, with the discovery of the therapeutic benefits of blogging and the odd relationships that one develops, I spend far more time on the internet than a lover, a father, a holder of two jobs should. Put simply, it won’t do me any harm to be without the internet for a week.

I also feel that, of late, I’ve been running out of things to say – losing my voice. There’s only so much that goes on in the day-to-day life of A Free Man and dredging through the archives, so to speak, can be a bit unpleasant sometimes. I’m hoping that a week away from the self-induced pressure of trying to write an entertaining post every other day or so will free up my mind and, as those funky ‘divas‘ said, the rest will follow.

The good news is that A Free Man the site will carry on in the absence of A Free Man the man. I’ve lined up an outstanding team of guest bloggers to keep things going while I laze away the days on the Southern Ocean. Fact is that they’ll probably put me to shame.

Catch y’all later.

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