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A surprising discovery

Sometimes I have an idea for a blog post but don’t get to it right away. Occasionally, it rolls around in my brain long enough that by the time I sit down to write, I’m no longer sure that I didn’t already write it!

When that happens I usually review my recent posts. But tonight I also decided to check that I hadn’t started out but then saved it as a draft.

I was surprised — in fact, I was rather shocked — to discover that I’ve accumulated fifty-seven draft blog posts. Fifty-seven!

Yikes!

The oldest dates all the way back to September 2019 — only a few months after I started blogging. It’s going to be interesting to step back in time and see whether any are still pertinent and usable…or whether I’ll be doing a lot of deleting.

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To play a purple flute

After spending the past few days reminiscing about flute playing, I was surprised to hear from a friend who wants to get back into playing and wondered if I had any suggestions for a starter flute. Not having taught regularly in almost twenty years, I did a quick Google search.

Well, it was quite illuminating! Yes, there were a few brands I remembered from back in the day (like Gemeinhardt and Yamaha), though the majority were companies I had never heard of.

But the real eye-opener was finding out that student flutes now come in colors! And you can buy them made of plastic! This is all wonderful, of course — I’m sure parents are thrilled to be able to find truly inexpensive flutes that a grade schooler can’t easily destroy. It’s just that I never could have imagined it, that’s all.