Welcome Indeed

Allow me to introduce myself. I am Walter C. Fairweather, butler of some note and estate manager par excellence. And this is my online journal as butler to Master Joshua M. Klose. In the coming months I shall share with you my travels as personal companion and chief servant to the Master.

The Master's travels have so far brought him to St Albans, Edinburgh, Bellshill (near Glasgow), High Wycombe and now London. More details and photos will be posted shortly.

But there is already a nasty stain on the new tablecloth. As you have undoubtedly noticed, this is not, as I would have far preferred, Walter C. Fairweather's Journal of Exploits. For you see I have been unjustly yoked -- as a thoroughbred stallion to a mule -- I am forced to share my life, my work and even this journal with the insufferable brute Wayne. He folds a decent crown-napkin, I won't deny it, but as a parrot who has somehow learned to recite Shakespeare. He is a man of inordinate arrogance whose embarassing attempts at charm are matched only by his capacity to demean our proud profession. His words are many and worthless and I humbly suggest you skip over his posts entirely. Rather, I encourage you to return for the glittering prose with which I shall shower you periodically.

For now, simply let it be known that I was rescued by the Master from a horrid punishment dealt out by the International Guild of Professional Butlers (for alleged indiscretions I need not go into presently). My only regret is that Wayne escaped as well. I trust that nature will soon correct itself and he will be quietly swallowed up by the earth.