Without Square Dancing I would never have met my darling Linda.

Without Square Dancing we would never have had the chance to bring up our beautiful children and share our world with them.

Without Square Dancing we would never have met so many lovely people and shared such good times.

Without Square Dancing we would never have travelled our magnificent country and seen so many wonderful places.

But now the time has come for us to be "Without Square Dancing" for a while.

I have reached a time in my life when I must now give all my time freely and completely to my family and our activities together in life.

I will be without the thrill of the applause - the shouts of "more".

I will be without the feedback from people around the world who have said so many kind things about us, our club, my calling and my writing.

I will miss these things very much.

But life will go on, and so will Square Dancing.

Linda and I will be closing Knee-Deep Squares at the end of our Christmas party. We will be very sad for a while, but we will smile.

If by chance I see you again on the dance floor, please smile back.