Showing posts with label Spring cleaning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring cleaning. Show all posts

Saturday, May 3, 2025

SPRING CLEANING: THE COFFEE CUP DILEMMA by Yvonne Saxon


What is it about Spring that gives so many people the urge to throw open the windows, wash and sweep and declutter? Advertisements for cleaning supplies, brooms, mops and vacuums are everywhere! Freshen up! They say. Get rid of the old, the dusty, the unused, they say. It’ll be fun! They say.  Now I have no problem with the idea of giving the  house a deep clean—if you want to volunteer call me!  My difficulty comes when I’m bombarded with messages that tell me  I’ll feel better when all my possessions are sharing space in a landfill. Like my coffee cups. Who decides how many coffee mugs are too many, anyway?


SUMMER QUOTES TO BEAT THE HEAT by Yvonne Saxon

Want to see a writer spontaneously combust? Put me outside in the middle of July! How anyone can write at the beach, by the pool, or at the ...