Snippet: Did you note the prefix to mason free'. That's because free is exactly what a freemason is. Free from his wife and family for much of the time. Meetings are all important. Of course they are! Especially the Friday meeting, all the others (Monday through Thursday) are just incidental, but oftentimes attendended nonetheless. In actual fact a Freemason is free to live the life of Riley. No wonder all the Freemasons I know are a happy lot. Down at the club, helping each other out, patting each other's backs. Feeling all important. Oh they do, they do, they do.   

Full article and responses: http://www.helium.com/items/573472-satire-being-a-freemasons-wife

We all know our Obligations.

I for one am very much looking forward to my 'sabbatical' year, come the end of my term in office.  After 3 years in office, and walking on that tightest of lines between private and professional avocations on the one hand, and my dedication to the Craft on the other, I will dedicate 2011 to my family, friends and loved ones.  I will attend my Lodge and Chapter meetings, but I will disappear from the all-too-prominent stage.

We all make our choices - as masons as well as partners.

S&F,

Cora
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International Order of Co-Freemasonry "Le Droit Humain",
British Federation
Lodge Light of Amen-Ra No. 717, Orient of Surbiton
Lodge St Francis No. 817, Orient of Camberley
Mark Lodge Nephthys No. 32, Quarries of Surbiton
HRA Triangle The Hidden Glory, Vault of Surbiton