I emptied part of one of the three stacked boxes into another, compacting things somewhat, making space for putting external stuff in. I took some of Dad's clothes to Oxfam, with a mysteriously duplicated skirt of mine and a mini book of Punch cartoons. spent part of the morning shredding. Tomorrow morning is bin day, and they will be taking off the recycling paper.

I tried decluttering the C drive of my Asus EeePC by moving the Onspeed program to the D drive, but it then didn't work and nor did IE. The C drive, 4 Gb, is very small for putting programs on (well, not compared with my first computer, which had 20 Mb).

I had a letter addressed to my troubling neighbour at my address which I had to declutter to another who has his address.

I found a house I could afford in the rural hinterland. By a good architect. But the village has lost its first philosophical rapture, and the shopping area is scruffy with empty shops.

Penny