THE SWING IS BACK

The swing has returned to the lives of our boys. We have had a swing at every home we have owned apart from the last one, which did not have so much as swing but nasty bees. The oak tree in the garden is perfect for the new addition and the boys are already out and enjoying it. 

The new course starts next week and I am looking forward to meeting the new students. We are as usual based at Montessori Centre Wales and the wonderful location along the river in St Clears. 

Baby Theia is continuing to develop and is sitting up and making loads more sounds. I still have a few more rooms to paint in the home. I am also sorting out all my images and picture frames for the walls. There is only so much one can do in a day. 

Got my book back from Amazon today. Looking forward to a good read. Richard Gerver is the author of Creating Tomorrows Schools Today. He also turned around the fortunes of Grangetown school through a hot management programme. Anyone in teaching should read the book. 

Recently judged the Easter Bonnet competition at the Ty a Fi Cylch Meithrin St Clears. What a task. The bonnets were fantastic. So much hard work must have gone into each one. The children looked wonderful. It looked like the whole community of children had turned out. Great disco, hot dogs, tea, pop, sweets and of course Easter eggs. A massive thank you and congratulations to the organisers, the Cylch committee. Great to chat and meet with friends too. Thank you for inviting me and I look forward to the next event.

The next relaxation project is to transform the riverbank at the bottom of the garden from a derelict and overgrown heap to a lovely flowing tribute to Feng Shui. It is easy in my head but my back might be a different matter. 

Reading some interesting blogs including more legal action for libel from a bunch of sharks who call themselves solicitors. My advice is IGNORE them because they have nothing but bullying tactics in their favour. I speak from experience of someone who beat them many times. 

Another relaxation project is also underway and I am hoping that people will send me their unwanted Cd's and DVD's as long as they have images or colour on the discs. You can post them through the door at the Mezzanine, St Clears, next to the Santa Clara pub. 

EUGENICS

Ah, another year. We are meant to get wiser with age but alas I believe that a lot of people lose the plot.  Try as I may I just can't get some things out of my head. I just look and wonder what drives people to do some things. Today we hear of the new training for nurses. One year of bathing, washing patients etc for them to base themselves before embarking on a degree. This is what the Government comes up with after soul searching no doubt at considerable cost to the tax payer. Now I have been in hospitals lately and I have seen good and bad. It does seem that the good is reserved for the young but if you are old, it starts to go down hill. Perhaps this is not the case and what we experience is in isolation.

We are facing tough times and now we hear that 6 councils in Wales have their education department in special measures. I have worked in private education for most of my career. What astounds me is that so much money can be ploughed into state education and it is still horrendous for the children in these 6 councils. Why else would it be in special measures? So what is the answer? Pundits are rolled out on radio and TV. Angry parents call in and experts debate the pros and cons while politicians deflect the question and blame the other party. It seems that the solution is to carry on and keep calm or keep quiet and it will pass.

It now looks as if almost every household in the county is handing over more than a thousand pounds per year in council tax alone. Calculate the number of households and you get an enormous amount of money. Schools sold off to developers, cuts, cuts and requests to take cuts while the fatted calf is wheeled in on a gold tray each lunchtime for the masters. Surely it is time for this to stop and for every householder to hold the masters to account. I watched a short film on the fluoridation of the water supply. Did you know they put fluoride in the water? Sure. Do you know why? Sure, for healthy teeth or No, I don't. Did you know that fluoride is a poison? No, really? The final statements were most worrying. THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO. This seems to be the mantra of young and old. The fluoride has indeed done its job of dumbing down the masses in the easiest exercise in eugenics the world has ever seen unless of course you know different.

NIGHT RAIDS

Whadda you know pardners. No sooner is we settled in to our new life on the prairie Sandy water park that that there possy shows up. They served us with  sommit called cowsiltax. darn nappit, looks like to me it is some sort of ransom demand. Has the sheriffs mark on it too. Now i'm a peaceable man but when I gets a note like this I wanna say.