Evening is upon me when
the day’s fluff has settled,
books about writing studied,
writing projects worked on,
everything organized from
nutmeg to income tax papers,
clean sheets on my bed,
round of exercises done
I've taken care of my home.
with a certain grace.
At one time I would moan and groan
about boring housework.
Often do sometimes, a useless habit
but time and space for designing
how to care for my own home
has almost changed my perspective.
“There were times, indeed, when the vigor she put into her work was
more of a relief to her feelings that it was an ardor to efface dirt….”
~ Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna, 1912
(1868 ~ 1920)
