Good Moaning.

4.10am and I haven’t slept yet. What jeeps rolling round my mind is tomorrow. Wednesday and the arrival in my Country of him I consider the biggest threat to World peace since Hitler. For some reason he’ s arriving as a guest and not under guard on his way to The Hague to answer charges of being a war criminal. It offends me that Politicians in my country are prepared to welcome him. They all hope that the UK will gain something by his presence. Donald Trump is not a nice man and certainly not known for his generosity. Anything he offers will come with y price tag. No doubt he’s given up on Greenland and wants to make us America’s 51st State. To invite a fascist, rapist, war monger here rises my hackles. A man who even now is trying to promote a new civil war in his own country with his rhetoric, who has aided genocide in Gaza , provided weapons to those who slaughter Yemeni children and who, under the pretence of seeking a peace deal Has enabled his pal Vladimir Putin to commit war crimes in Ukraine and found excuses for him, is a disgrace. My country has lost the right to call itself a bastion of democracy has in fact also aided the killing in Gaza by selling weapons to Israel. Now has the temerity to invite the architect of so much violence to come to parley here. Trump should be met by a wall of silence from our politicians and contempt by every right minded person here.

Stay at home Trump, we don’t want you here, keep your twisted words and actions for your own people. Don’t try to fool them that Charlie Kirk is a martyr killed by Democrats if he was killed by a Republican from even further right than you will admit to being. Go kill yourself from a surfeit of burgers and save America having to admit the mistake it made in giving you a second chance.save themselves the humiliation of having to arrest and try a President who was revealed as a traitor. Restore America as a World power under a true Democracy under some honest brokers with true and fair elections.

Are standards slipping in Cymru?

On Monday sept 1st I hd to go for a minor opto hasve a mole removed. I met the doctor who seemedto be getting on in years and was falling over his own feet when we met. Seemed a pleasant man however. He started by drawing a large Eye upon my chest. Very artistic.. I lay down and he applied a number of anaesthetic jabs around the site They seemed to work and he showed me the size of meat removed which would have done me for lunch. He half appiled a dressing which he said would pad the area and I got up snd left after thanking him and his nurse. My Li’l brother who hadextended hs weekend with me in order to bring me was in the waiting room. We gsthered ourselvestogether and decided y go looking for somewheref or lunck. Mike had spotted god Transport cfe fairly close by which seemed an obvious choice. It looked clean from the outside and proved to bethe same indoors. Very nice staff.

We both chose from the all day breakfast menu and ordered. It was freshly cooked before they presented it. It tasted great andwas very welcome. I had a dose of my daily fast acting insulin while I waited for ‘Grub up’. It was lovely

As I was tender from the op, we decided to go straighthome afterwards to allow Mike to start his own journey home, a couple of hundred miles away. Once he’d left I did a general tidy up before sitting down in front of TV for my aftrenoon quizzes.The reast of the day passed smoothly until bedtime when I took my meds and reviewed my blood sugar. It seemed high only showing Hi as a marker on my phone.

I was up at 4.15 onTuesday, still slightly uncomfortable and feeling off colour. By lunchtime I was not hungry but had my Insulin dose to try and bring the readings down. I didn’t eat but my permanent thirst had upped a notch so I rested.By tea time the reading of blood sugar was still high and my arm reader dropped off leaving me only the finger pricked option. I had my fast acting insulin.

Wednesday morning I felt rough and my neighbour went over to the shop to get me a few things.A bloodcheck showed my readings had dropped to 2.1. I had jelly babies and some freshorange juice which I took. My chest was still very tender and i was worrie in case astitch of the nine had broken early. Yvonne spoke to the Online Doctor who recommended a hospital visit. They sent out a pramedic to check me over to see if this could be avoided. After 2 hours she recommenbded I go. Unable to get an ambulance after 6.00pm she decided to drive me herself. Great Service.

At Hospital I was handed over and sat in a chair from hell at 6.16pm. I stayed there until almost 8.00am Close to a sliding door I was freezing and at about 4.oo pm I was given a blanket to wrap myself in. An occasional check on blood sugar shoed it still high but I ws offered no insulin or food. Apart from tepid water I had nothing until ablut 4.00 pm when I was offered a cup of tea. This was repeated once later too but no insulin or food. about 6.00pm I saw a doctor who said they wanted to get the readings down before releasing me For the first time someone looked at my chest and decided there was an infection inthe nine stitches. I was given 2 anti biotics to take , the wound was redressed and iwas told to see my doctor at hiome..About then I finally got a shot of Insulin (fast working)My readings still showed High.About 8.00 there seemed to be action and I was removed to a main waiting room,still in the World’s, most uncomfortable chair.I sat, I sat and I sat, until finally about 11.00 am someone called me to have my blood pressure and blood oxygen measure , Thet seemed to be OK.

Back to waiting.Someone came and did a blood sugar reading in the maim waiting room. They wanted me to eat something whichj I was hungry forthat was about noon. Yvonne and Ugo arrived after that at about 1.00 pm. With a bitof moaning thestaff offered to find me a drink and some lunch which came in thr form of a snack, Orange Juice, Crisps, Cake and a yoghurt. My reading was about 16.9.Progress at last.A nurse assessed that I could be discharged if it came down further after the meal. I had a bite of a sausage roll Yvonne had bought and at almost 2.00 am the reading was 16.5 and Iwas released. I was tired from over 18 hours in a chair so YTvonne and Ugo brought me home. I HAD A CHILLED PepsI max and crawled into bed. Back awake at 6.00 pm I hd a shot of fast acting insulin and returned to bed. I woke again as 12.30 am and went to take my new meds for the day. I was a bit foggy but took my insulin and went back to bed. This time I wasn’t able to sleep and took a sleeping tablet. I caught up on mail by wiping most of it then came through to my study to send an ecard and write this. The Betsi Cadwaladwer trust who run our hospital grup have a terrible reputation. I know thestaff are busy but surely they could find time totrearta senior Citizen (74) a little better. Ensuring some comfort and not storing us in Corridors for occasional treatment. Not allowing Diabetics to lie without insulin or the offer of food and drink for hours.Chairs should be comfortable for those who have to sit for hours. on end.Quite likely the infected stitches are to cause for the mayhem with my readings but that should have been spotted sooner and treated accordingly There shoukd be more saaff in action to ensure patients are OK in such conditions and drinks offered more frequently.. Or is thie now acceptable and I’m just being picky? Time to take a sleepimg pill and see if I can drop off again. I’ll need shopping todayand may have to try for a food delivery from my local supermarket.I don’t feel up to going out.

Wishing you all a Great Weekend full of Hugs and good health.

Bemoaning the Itch.

I’m sitting here bemoaning, feeling sorry for myself

at the itching mites who buried deep within my skin

That re-appear when I need to sleep, letting me know

I cannot win.

I’m smothered in my ointment no-one could get a grasp,

If anyone was even here to try.

There’s not  part from eyes and ears to toes that get relief

.I sit and question why?

I sheathe my claws and oft wear gloves

 to stop from drawing blood

I buy red sheets to hide my sins

It seems to do no good.

The moments that I fall asleep

I soon wake to find the itch

Left  signs where ere I’ve touched

Over what to launder, and bitch

The washing machine is never still

Welsh Water costs me dear

New clothes are bought to hide the stains

the old ones thrown to hide away my fear.

Am I about to drain the bank Or is it my veins and arteries I’ll clear.

I’m looking like a mummy

Bandages covering limbs

And from which issue mumblings.

Oh Lord forgive my sins.

BUT release me from this torture,

Make the weather cool at night,

For if I step outside the door, the world recoils in fright.

And if I see a mirror.

The image it reflects.

Is of a man whose had enough,

And wants to sleep  his life away, and debts.

BE warned all you empathists,

Understand me if you will,

A little itch, while not a knife

Can just as surely kill

After a stinging shower I use a wooden kitchen spoon to cover my back with ointment but it’s a backscratcher with uncut nails that brings the most relief, I use long legs on pyjamas to cover the dressings and long arms to do the same. They might prevent me drawing fresh blood but don’t stop the itching as the warmth aggravates. They used to say itch palms was  a sign of madness but I say it just drives you mad. Time to go and try again, I hope you all achieve a good night with restful sleep

Hugs

Seven of the Best Variety

Music attracts us all in different ways according to musicality, lyrics or just mood. Here are seven I found affected me over the years.

Strange Brew- Cream

Get Together- The Youngbloods

Wheel’s on Fire- JulieDriscoll, Brian Auger & Trinity.

Forever Autumn- Justin Hayward(The Moody Blues)

You got a friend- James Taylor

Every day Hurts- Sad Cafe

Breakin down the walls of Heartache- Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon

Bonus Track for you Romantics……

Maria- P J Proby.

Wishing you all had a great Weekend and have a nice new week in front of you. Be nice to each other and hug a stranger. Hugs to you all.

MUSIC FROM THE PAST

I’ts no secret that I favour Motown above much else but there were some groups not on that label that made an impression onme. Here are some.

Chairmen of The Board- Give me Just a little more time.

Ann Peebles- I can’t stand the rain.

Groovin’- The (Young) Rascals

Every Day People- Sly and the Family Stone.

Funny How Love Can Be- The Ivy League.

Love Really Hurts Without You- Billy Ocean

Sorry but we have to slip some Motown in.

Ball of Confusion –The Temptations

No Regrets- The Walker Brothers.

Hold Back the Night- The Trammps

Holding back the Years- Simply Red. (Mick Hucknall)

Search For The Hero- M People

Listen to the Music- The Doobie Brothers

A little more Motown sneaking in.

I second That Emotion- Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

To finish off….. a gem….

Zoom- Fat Larry’s Band

i hope you’re all enjoying your weekend and maybe this helps. Hugs to you all.

A catalogue of Disasters.

No, I’m not going to talk about the earthquake.

As was his want Lord David took his meds at midnight. At 12.20 am he hedaaeed for bed and took a sleeping tablet. After a short read he settled to sleep about 1.00 am. At 2.15 not only had sleepnot come but the itching had begun oon his legs. He swung out of beed rolled up his pyjama legs and began scratching. Such relief but also such gouges in his skin, worse even than the days of Oscar trying to wake him up.

As his head was itching too, David decided to have a shower and wash his hair. Big mistake on his part as it meant raising his arms above his head causing the pain in his chest to appear.By half past two he was back to sitting on his bed trying to dry himself and put on clean pyjamas. His head itched less but the water and soap had caused stinging in a multitude of places. It would not pay to start scratching again. OMG Julia , what am I to do? He asked. His dead wife did not respond. A distraction is needed , he thought and came through to write on his blog. He applied a band aid to his hand which was bleeding and layered some cream on his arms and legs.The cool giving some relief to his hot skin.

A look at the clock showed the time as 3.33, so perhaps a good time to pack up and try for some sleep again. He wished his readers a good night and headed off to see if he could dream of Julia again.at 3.50am he was still wide awake and tried to read himself to drowsiness from a book listing great disasters in British politics. Unfortunately he became interested in the tales of Crooked or misguided Politicians which led him straight back to Trump and his recent visit to Scotland where he granted audience to a leading European Politician and also to the British Prime Minister claiming he’d done wonderful deals with them. Only time will tell just how he bullied then screwed them both. He was still complaining that windfarms were spoiling the look of his golf course and that the wIindmills were useless at making electricity because they were made in China..Who by the way, he was going to raise tariffs on to decrease the trade defecit between home and China. He still doesn’t understand that the tariffs will be paid by the buyers at home raising costs and prices to unacceptable levels, thus creating even more hardship for his people. Children will go hungry and families will lose their homes. Still, the rich will get another tax break so it’s not all bad news., and he’s found the money to develop the new Air Force One plane which will belong solely to him after his tenure in office… if that ever happens. David’s thoughts and prayers go out to the American people but he’s no nearer sleep.As his legs are now stinging again he knows the shower was a mistake.

Lets leave him trying to settle for a couple of hours before he has to get up and go shopping again. Oh heck, the band aid fell off because it wouldn’t stick to an area he’s creamed. His hand continues to bleed……….

My Utter Greed

Yesterday found me filling out a form to request money from an American Billionaire who is giving his money away. I asked for £400,000 in order to purvhase a house large enough with rooms to spare for the homeless or for those who needed to escape their current circumstances. But also so I would have something which I could leave to my daughter to carry on my work if she wishes when my time comes.

Also yesterday, late afternoon I went passed the front door and found a package. It was a set of brtaces (Suspenderes toout American cousins). They were a major surprise as I hadn’t ordered any. So, this morning I went over to Margaret to see uif she put them there and to thank her. It turned out they werea gift from another neighbour who when I thanked her replied that the gift was because I get so many gifts for those around me. I did respond that it’s not the reason I do what I do, in expectation of reward, I do it because it’s what I like doing and it brings me pleasure.I had recently heard thghat Erica likes broaches and had taken her acouple only to be told she used to have a vast collection that were stolen.The ones I took brought pleasure to both of us. I often buy things which will light up gardens at dusk after gathering ambient sunlight all day.We have some nice light shows here now.

I also enjoy paying it forward, the cost of a meal or drink for someone who is struggling in today’s economic criis.Then there are my charities which nowadays bombard our TV screens. On top of the regular monthly donations to Smile Train and Water Aid, a Donkey Sanctuary and a Cancer Nursing Charity, I have recently made one off onations to Warchild, to Medicines Sans Frontiers, Humanity and Inclusion UK, The Gurkha Trust, The Royal British Legion, and money to help educate girls in India and Africa and keep them from being married off while still children themselves. I have also donated to the Royal National Lifeboat Institute . though this I think this should not be a charity but should be funded as part of the Coastguard Service by the Government.

We are not talking vast amounts of money here except in percentage of my income but it seems the Rich Countries are not trying to solve the problems of the Poor World so I give what I can. It angers me that Trump is trying to reduce the tax burden of the ‘Filthy Rich’ when their wealth could probably solve all the World’s problems in one go. No doubt they could also pay to rebuild all the war damage without blinking.

I’m sure we all do our bit to help when we see these appeals to our better nature but there just isn’t enough money in our hands to make a huge difference. We must make the world a better, fairer place, a safer place for our children, so we must legislate for a higher tax burden on those who can most afford it. We must legislate for our Governments to provide safe and adequate housing to solve the homeless crisis. That must include forcing Private Landlords to lower their rents and be more proactive in keeping their premises in better repair.

We must organise with farmers to sell cheaply their surplus stocks to help those who can’t afford food and so it doesn’t go to waste. We must reach out the hand of kndness wherever/whenever we can and be sure we do it even handedly across the colour spectrum and especially the Relligious divide. It’s time to come together as one People, One World, united together in kindness following The Golden Rule. Go on, put a smile on someone’s face today, let them see there are still those of us who care enough to reach out a helping hand. Show your humanity and be loved for it.

Huge Hugs to you all.

David.

New Lessons in Schools

It has long been my belief that with the factions warring all over the World our children miss out on their education. But when they are in a ‘Civilised’ Country they seem to learn no more. Hate seems to be the message of the day usually propogated by parents who teach the same message at home supposedly following the teachings of their ‘Christian’Church. Even to a non-Christian like myself it seems the message is being distorted to deliver one of White Superiority. Maybe it’s time to hark back a few hundred years to the Medieval period and start teaching a new message in Schools to our Children, the teachings of Chivalry and the laws of knighthood.

Protect the weak and defenseless

Live by honor and for glory

Respect the honor of women

Respect and defend the weak

Love your country

Do not fear your enemy

Never lie or go back on one’s word

Be generous

Always and everywhere be right and good against evil and injustice

The Code of Chivalry

To live one’s life so that it is worthy of respect and honour by:

Fair Play…. Never attack an unarmed foe

Never attack from behind.

Avoid cheating,

Avoid Torture.

Nobility….Exhibit courage in word and deed.

Avenge the wronged,

Defend the weak and innocent,

Fight with honour,

Never abandon a friend, ally or noble cause.

Honour…. Always keep one’s word

Always maintain one’s principles,

Never betray a confidence or a comrade,

I have removed all reference to God and the Church as these are not needed in order to live kindly and with honour.

These are not things that should upset Good Christians since the code of Chivalry was Christian based originally. Surely it’s better to give lessons in living in peace with one’s neighbour and tolerating their differences as they must do to you. Perhaps we will teach a new civility in Society which shows empathy towards others, especially the less fortunate.

We should teach tolerance of other’s beliefs except where that belief fosters violence. We should respect the privacy of those that live in a different way to us, allowing for the fact that such differences make us what we are, Human Beings. We should always teach respect to ladies and towards the elderly as well as offer any assistance we can should they have needs we can cover.

This will make us better citizens of our own Countries and better neighbours to our communities part from helping teach us right from wrong.

What say you?Would/Could this improve our lives and personal relationships or is it yet another pipe-dream that keeps me awake.?

Hugs to you all and the hope of a more understanding future between our tribes.

I Declare Myself at War.

There, I finally admitted it out loud., I am at War with America or at least with the mealy mouthed red hatteds goons who declare themselves Patriots whilst acting on the instructions of the leadership to reduce the rights of the Majorrity using whatever means they see fit, up to and including violence.

The politicians who speak the oath of the Constitution to get into power to line their pockets at the People’s expense starting with but not ending with the Moron in Chief Who has traded his name and position for Billons of dollars in illegal emoluments from some of the traditional enemies of his COUNTRY. It’s easy to see where the description of Moscow’s Man in the White House came about.Just one sole standing survivor of the Corruption stands out, Mary Trump, the niece of the Catastrophic President Donald .L. Trump. That the MAGA hats do not listen to her is testament to their own stupidity (or Cupidity).

Since Donnie regained his Throne he has kept the World in mess , promising Tariff income on all goods from abroad, and promising a worn out formula of Trickle Down wealth from his rich cronies by granting them huge tax cuts.It’s no secret now that Project 2025 is in force with the aims of making the rich richer still, and the poor into serfs to work for the good of the wealthy. Education is to have all it’s standards lowered, and the Christian Church despite it’s supposed separation from the State and it’s tax Exempt status is to have a greater say in how White people can be exalted before all others. The Native Americans lived with the land taking care to protect it and the opening of National Parklands eventually started to carry on those protections, but, Now those Parklands have been opened again to the highest bidders to mine and pollute. Trump is working an Oligarchy on steroids to dismantle the Country and any notion of Fair Government.

Wht few gun controls there were are being quickly quashed in order to give profits to the arms manufacturers and to have guns in the hand of every Rebel should there be a new Civil War.Trump’s threats to European Countries to put more maney into NATO or he will help Russia with it’s Border Re-negotitions or land grabs. So much for the Word of Trump as an ally. He has left Ukraine defenceless in the face of Russian aggression happy to blame Kiev for the daily bombardment against it’s civilians and it’s cities. War crimes committed by Russia against a Sovereign Nation as Trump seeks a Peace Prize for trying to negotiate a peace that leaves Ukraine at the mercy of Missiles and/ or having to capitulate the land already stolen by the Russian offensive. Trumps new best friends are the Hard Men like Vladimir Putin, Viktor Orban, Erdogan of Turkiye, and Netanyahu of Israel. He wants to emulate them and create a Dynasty of Death for those who stand against him, having already promised recriminations against any member of the Press that says anything negative about him. He is filling his temporary Alligator Alcatraz’s with those who’s skin is not white and he wants to deport despite being American Citizens.

Trump has the backing of the most judicially Corrupt Supreme Court Ever. Those who have gained much in gifts from the Super Rich who no longer follow the laws of the land and whom can read the Constitution as so much used toilet paper in their hands. Women have lost the ability to make decisions regarding their own bodies and the protections offered to those born in the United States which gives them the right of citizens are being discarded daily.

It offends me that my Country is prepared to accept Trump as a valid leader of America and invite him for a State Visit in order to try and make deals which he can renege on according to his whims and fancies. It offends me that my own government should listen to his demands that our ally Canada should be absorbed into the United States rather than remain a Commonwealth Country with Loyalty to the British Crown. Trump would be happy to see a New World War which could keep him in power as a War Leader over a Nation he intends to dismantle until just he and his faithful are in charge.

The Measles epidemic is growing because he has given the job of care over his people to an anti-Vaccine fool like Kennedy who will allow many deaths from something that can be easily cured. Trump’s lies about the Hoax of Climate changes allows deaths from Severe Flooding and the spreading of the story from Marjorie Taylor Greene that the changes in Weather are a deliberate plot by Zionists with space lasers to change the Climate to benefit them.

Trump is a joke but currently an all powerful one with no brakes that can be applied unless the mid term elections go ahead and wipe out the evil that the Republican majority in power are sowing. We seem to have lost direction in the World with the worst displays of Greed to the forefront of everything. Things must change back to where the Constitution is sacrosanct, where the Christian Church cannot meddle in politics and where people like the Proud Boys are not held up as a good example.

The Traitors Within must be held accountable for accepting payment to do a job and then totally ignoring it in order to make profit. The multi-millionaires like Peter Theissen must be stopped from having a voice to destroy a way of life and must be made to pay fair taxes in order to do their share to help the lot of others via a fair health system not run by Insurance Companies, and to ensure the viability of housing for all as well as a good education and opportunities via work to make a better world.

Until that happens. I am at war with Trump and his MAGA acolytes and anyone who expresses support for a theocracy or another Oligarchy within the Americas. I can only hope and pray that enough thinking people declare themselves for Freedom before it disappears for ever.

I wish you all a good New Week, free of any more man- made disasters with loss of innocent lives. I hope you can all find it within your hearts to speak out against tyranny, fascism, and a lack of care for others. It’s time to get out your chargers and white hats to ride off into the Sunset ready to right wrongs, learn tolerance for those who are not like you and bring True Peace to the World via the Humanity we are all capable of.

Hugs to you all.

Suggestive Question.

Panic ye not. I have not allowed that perverted element free rein, this is a serious blog in the main.

I have been reading about the Monsterous ‘X’ man Elon Musk and this promise to provide a third political party within the Dis-United States. Whilst I personally think this is a viable and good idea, I wondered if Americans think it will come at no cost to them. He might be the World’s richest man but he doesn’t have a charitable bone in his body. (of course if he wants to prove me wrong I’m open to gifts…it’s not just politicians and Supreme Court judges like money). Like many others, I would like to own my own house to leave as a legacy for my family.

My suggestive question to you all is……. Why not get a man of the people with a trusted brand name, an Independent, to form the new Party to forge a path for a New America? Yes, I’m thinking of Bernie Sanders who leans towards true Democracy rather than Authoritarianism. Maybe with a bit of persuasion other politicians with a political conscience (not sarcasm) like Pete Buttigeig could be approached to join something new. It’s even possible that a few of the current cowards in the republican party might learn to speak out against their twisted leader Trumpelstiltskin and form a party that has an agenda for the people by the people.

The World cannot go on as it is with leaders who refuse to step down from power and are beholden to big money. Corrupt billionaires who are prepared to sell themselves and their Country to the highest bidder. Who will sell off the birthright of generations to come by destroying the planet and stripping all it’s assets. Men like ‘ras’Putin, Netanyahu, Orban and Erdogan, who disappear the reporters they don’t like or send their opposition out of high windows. Men who declare war on Sovereign States and deliberately kill civilians and/or commit genocide to gain a little more power.

I have never made a secret of my distaste for the Power Hungry, but in this post I’m not out to press the point. I’m genuinely interested in your views. Not the views of those who want to set up semi autonomous States for White Supremacists in America but the reasoned views of how to get out of the mess we are being led into like lambs to the slaughter.

Hugs to you all.