Yesterday we managed to enjoy both sea fog and heavy rain. I would have thought to have both at the same time was impossible but Scottish weather can surprise even the Scots.
We're into the six week election campaign. This seems to be setting itself up as one of the stranger elections we've experienced. After Brexit, Covid and inflation the country is maxed out on politics but at the same time people are keen to have an election. There's still a long campaign to be fought but you can hear the page turning.
Who would want to be a teacher ? Walking on eggshells : https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2024/05/seven-takeaways-on-how-teachers-are-reacting-to-restrictions.html
Spreading round the globe :https://apnews.com/article/german-cockroach-spread-pest-control-f97fdc437919b6b9b9907854bdd1a91f
8 comments:
Angus, since our election campaigns are endless, one morphing into the next almost non stop, your 6-week campaign seems so civilized.
We started on 2019. It will be such a relief to see it finish. At least Angus has a proper choice. My vote will be wasted
The wild flowers seem happy, in spite of the battering from wind and rain!
I think "handsome " is a good descripton of the doors.
Beautiful door furniture.
The doors are beautiful!
Heartbreaking article about teachers walking on eggshells. It feels to me as if teachers (and others) are internalizing the future risks of current behavior. Sounds like Nazi Germany to me. But I was educated in a small conservative town in the US in the 1960s and I recognize that, although it wasn't in the news in those days, the educational materials they presented to us really toed the line. It feels like so many of the gains we have made over the decades are now being deliberately thrown away.
The red doors are splendid as are the wildflowers. Birdsfoot trefoil is one of my favorites; perhaps the blue flower is cynoglossum?
Wonderful doors.
Our daughter, an empathetic woman teaching racially diverse middle school students in Orlando Florida, is one of those teachers walking on eggshells.
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