In the beginning

Well, come in, sit down, make yourself comfortable. We'll have a cup of tea. Glad you stopped by.
I suppose I should at least explain the name of this place to start with. Ynacy Station comes from a book, "Cat's Gambit", which, she says modesty buffing her nails on her lapel, I wrote. It is a place of relatively calm neutrality in an otherwise turbulent part of the galaxy in times to come, a point of solid sanity in which the characters can rest a moment and get some perspective.
I expect the notes to be irregular, but not too rare. I hope you will find them interesting.
I've recently moved from the bald-headed prairies, where I spend a goodly portion of my life, to Quebec, and have found the transition challenging. It's the simple things that get to you. I have practically no French. Well, I thought naively, I'll learn. But it seems to be amazingly hard to find a "French as a second language" course. Surprising, n'est pas?