Part of whats kept me so busy, and with little time to get to the internet shop, is an exciting new project that I have become involved with, after consultation with Huay Sai school English Teacher, Khruu Khemtong Punyoyai.
In an attempt to support, encourage and promote English language learning and use, within the surrounding communities, [...]

Could we be about to form our own ,Thai version ,Von Trapp family? I doubt it, but music will definitely feature high on our agenda after a very successful, impromptu session last weekend.
I have played the flute for many years now, mostly for my own meditation. On Sunday I woke up in the mood to [...]

With New Years day done with we decided on a Saturday trip to Huay Tung Tao.
Unfortunately we had had a few behavourial issues that meant that our original 3 children remained at home with House Mother Wasana.
I’m happy to report that the clear message that the trips out are a reward for good behaviour seems [...]

Late start for me this morning(17th). Well 7.10am instead of 6.45. I was woken from a very deep sleep by one of the children knocking on my door.
I wouldn’t have thought much of it, if I had had a particularly hard day yesterday, but that wasn’t the case.
Being an everyday early riser my first morning [...]

A very productive day today(monday 14th). With Wasana looking after the kids I set to work on computer and printer finalising the first selection of greetings cards that will appear in our online shop soon.
In between doing that and trying to ignore the sound of tree cutting in the house behind us I also came [...]

It has always saddened me that whilst as children we are told that to lie is bad and deceit is dispicable,we grow up to discover that much of society is built and run on lies and deceit.
As the inquiry into the Iraq war goes on I read that Tony Blair says that ‘even without evidence [...]

Just a novelty I’ve been wanting to mention for a while now.Petrol vending machines, which have been appearing more and more over the past year.For some reason I have the feeling that they are something unlikely to appear in the UK….please correct me if they have.Its certainly a good idea, especially out in the more [...]

10th Nov
Sometimes it just needs a little prompt of a helpful friend and solutions to your problems are found. having no home phone line, I have been wrestling with the problem of how to keep my website properly updated on a daily basis.
Today,( thursday-10th dec), I went for lunch with my friend Ally and then [...]

hey Tristan, I saw your message and did try to reply, but i think you may need a new email address, as when i tried to send a message i got the ‘permanent failure’ message. I’ve been trying to get in touch thru Lee for a while and have sent him a copy of my message [...]

It is a little frustrating for me that not having a landline connection here at Stratton House means that I have been unable to give this site my desired attention. There is much to do running The Stratton ABC Foundation and whereas I would have the time at home, finding time to get out to [...]