“So many people imagine housekeeping to be boring, frustrating, repetitive, unintelligent drudgery. I cannot agree. In fact, having kept house, practiced law, taught, and done many other sorts of work, low and high-paid, I can assure you that it is actually lawyers who are most familiar with the experience of unintelligent drudgery.” PeopleI CanDoneFactsLawHouseImagineTaughtLowsPaidAgreeBoringLawyerFamiliarFrustratingRepetitiveDrudgeryHousekeepingUnintelligent Book:Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House Source: Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House
“Yet housekeeping actually offers more opportunities for savoring achievement than almost any other work I can think of. Each of its regular routines brings satisfaction when it is completed. These routines echo the rhythm of life, and the housekeeping rhythm is the rhythm of the body. You get satisfaction not only from the sense of order, cleanliness, freshness, peace and plenty restored, but from the knowledge that you yourself and those you care about are going to enjoy these benefits.” ThinkingI CanBodyCareOrderOpportunityEnjoyOffersAchievementBenefitsSatisfactionRhythmPlentyEchoesCleanlinessFreshnessHousekeepingSavoringRhythm Of Life Author:Cheryl Mendelson
“I listen to lots of music, especially Bach, opera (all periods), German lieder, chamber music, and rock, old and new. I can't listen to music while I write. It's too absorbing.” WritingI CanRocksPeriodsOperaChamberListening To MusicAbsorbingOld And NewChamber Music Author:Cheryl Mendelson
