As I mentioned, I applied for a grant a couple of weeks ago. I’m waiting to hear how I got on, but it’ll be a while yet.
But today, whilst I was on a bus to Dundee, I was whiling away the time by looking for research-related ephemera. And I found something interesting – it doesn’t change anything about my proposed project, but it would certainly be nice to have. Thematically, there’s an indirect link. Chronologically, it’s spot on. I did nothing about my find immediately, but on the bus home, I couldn’t resist. I ‘favourited’ it.
Back came a reduced price.
In went my counter-offer.
So, now I’m on tenterhooks. Will I win the ephemera? Which happens to be overseas, needing to be repatriated. And which is really only significant with relation to the grant topic …
Watch this space.
And I won the eBay item. Step 1, you could say. But I’ve just bid for another …
Karen McAulay, Musicologist 