Housework has a bad rap online. I can’t believe the number of housework hating articles I’ve found—some in publications like the Guardian and Huffington Post, some in blogs, and some in books that are still selling like hotcakes after sixty years. They all have the same theme: I hate housework, … Read More »How to Stop Doing Housework—and Start Living
Except for the cat, the kitchen was empty when Norma arrived downstairs, following the whiff of coffee that drifted up to her room. It was such a luxury to have her mother do things for her, she thought, as she lifted the pot and poured herself a generous cup. And… Read More »A Visit at the Farm
On Friday, Norma arrived at school late, after a frustrating morning at the Jason’s, where she stayed as a boarder, doing various chores to earn her keep. Everything seemed to go wrong. Mrs. Jason was still in bed when she woke up, and the girls were playing grown-up in the… Read More »Happenings in Paradise—The Paris Bulletin
Norma and Doreen moved languorously through those first days of summer. Trying to get the worst out of the way, they rushed to finish their daily chores, spurred by an urgency to spend their extra hours together. In Norma’s family, ‘helping out’ was a well established tradition: Norma and her brother… Read More »Happenings in Paradise-The Letter
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