Tuesday 19th March

I had what may well have been a new (to me) type of scam call today... a very plausible sounding man with a slight Scottish accent called to ask for contact details for the son of a friend 'in connection with a student loan'. I declined to help; I couldn't think of any reason whereby my telephone number would appear on his student loan paperwork. 

Odd.

The plausible telephone caller said I could Google the student loan department and check the e was genuine, but these days Google is not be trusted. He assures me my bame and telephone number have been removed from the paperwork. 

Hmmm.

Still, it reminded me I haven't been in touch with my friend this year, so I contacted her and hope to meet up soon.

A few days ago I was getting dressed when a pale grey ghostly shape fluttered past my nose... I saw where it landed and squashed it flat (with a copy of 'Short Prayers for the Long Day' which happened to be close at hand). MOTHS!

We put a moth trap under the bed and here's another. Oh dear. I shall have to take up the bedside rug and give it a proper going over outside.

DECLUTTERING 

I haven't cleared anything from the original list today, but I have emptied 5 large magazine files, and most of a cupboard, of music. A music teaching colleague collected 4 carrier bags of scales, studies, graded exam books going back over 30 years, sight reading tests, aural tests, duets and ensemble music. She's also taken my saxophone to try, and see if she would like to buy it.

I'm hoping she will take three of my pupils in September.

THE CRAFT STASH

so, the cunning plan is to knit, sew, and crochet until it is nearly all used up.... without replenishing or adding in any way. Earlier in the year I passed a set of paint markers and several pads of high quality art paper to a friend whose son is studying graphic design. She said he would be pleased as he gets through paper and markers at quote a rate.

I seem to have come full circle, from one friend and her son, to another!