Chirpy all day today because the first thing that greeted me when I downloaded my emails this morning was a note from the editor of American Music accepting my article on the Boswell Sisters as southern belles. I was beginning to think my work was doomed, but no. We’re one small step closer to having the Boswells on jazz curricula everywhere. Hurrah! Yes, I have to tidy it up some and I need to write a new conclusion, but I hated the old one anyway. Sad that the system can still have such a hold on my psyche, but it does, and that’s that. I write so slowly normally that having something accepted is a Big Deal and an Unusual Thing in our household. I still felt so happy this evening that I gave Son 2 all the change that I found trapped in the washing machine – a whole £1.76. Clearly, the child is lucky to have me as a mother.