Feeling my age right now!!

I am happily working with the Xstract group for the foreseeable future and am based in Perth, Western Australia for 1st and 3rd quarters of 2012. Will probably be in North America 2nd and 4th quarters. Please contact Xstract for consultancy services and availability of tailored in-house courses or email Isobel

March looks to be pretty busy but fairly slack in January and February. Home again for Easter.

Probable dates for short courses under discussion. We are looking at possible venues in the Denver areea for late April/early May. Probable courses in Perth in July and in Brisbane either just before or after the 34th IGC. Watch this space for details.

We are thinking about offering a modular 2 hour evening class in the West Perth office which would cycle, probably over a 2 week period, and could be taken at participants' convenience. Alternatively classes could be held around lunch time. Participants could purchase vouchers for the complete course and take modules as and when time permitted. I would appreciate any thoughts that you (dear reader) might have on this possibility. email me at Xstract with comments and suggestions.

I am about to register for the 2012 Geostats conference in Oslo. My first Geostat since 2000, hope I can follow the proceedings!

Worth noting: The Practical Geostatistics 2000 series is now being distributed out of Perth, Western Australia. If you live in Aus, NZ or south-east Asia we can now ship to you from Perth rather than the UK or USA. Order at http://ecossenorthamerica.com or http://shopping.kriging.com