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The Lost Art of Homemaking (A Spring-Cleaning Primer)

March 22, 2019

The Lost Art of Homemaking: Image of a crocus in foreground, a house in the background.

by Kathleen Guire I love cleaning. I know. Not everyone does. I love order, organizing, and making things beautiful. Homemaking is an art that many in our culture have discarded. Perhaps we back down from beautifying our space because we don’t think it’s “beautiful enough.” The barrage of HGTV picture-perfect homes and Instagram design accounts […]

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Filed Under: Home Tagged: home improvement, homemaking, spring cleaning

Levels, Shame, and Joy… Oh, my! (Aka: Bless this messy house.)

October 5, 2018

Messy House: Image of messy dining room

To Do List Clean (really clean) the first level Straighten the second level Bank Gas Consignment Shop Pick up coffee beans at Quantum Bean Drop tin of cookies (with note) at Blatter house Dear Mr. and Mrs. Blatter: I’m writing to apologize… For the time I wouldn’t let you use the bathroom in our house […]

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Filed Under: Home, Relationships Tagged: Brene Brown, Housekeeping, messy house, shame, when people drop by

Confessions of a Former Neat Freak (because hardly anyone actually does “drop by when they’re in the neighborhood”)

April 27, 2018

Confessions of a Former Neat Freak: Image of our living room--my (curated) haven.

Confession: I peeked inside my daughter’s diary once. I didn’t intend to, but there it was, wide open on her bedside table. Instead of disclosing her crush-of-the-moment, her fifth-grade handwriting read, “I wish Mom didn’t care so much about how the house looks.” Her secret ran me through like a skewer. The constant clutter in […]

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Filed Under: Home, Raising Children Tagged: Housekeeping, neat freak

Hospitality Lost and Found (Now where did I put that virtue after I used it last?)

March 9, 2018

Hospitality Lost and Found: Image of the missionary family that came to stay with us.

I can’t remember if I trembled when they asked.  I’m pretty sure I did. The request arrived in an e-mail but would’ve been cooler if it came via telegraph. Coming to your town for five days –(STOP)- Can we stay with you –(STOP)- Or at least share one good Italian meal I cupped my hand […]

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Filed Under: Family, Home Tagged: entertaining, food, foodie story, hospitality

Bedbugs 101 (aka: My Deepest, Darkest Secret—Well, One of Them)

November 3, 2017

Bedbugs 101: image of a business card for Chez Tarantini Bedbug and Breakfast.

(This post includes affilated links.) I don’t remember who got bit first but eventually, everyone did. You could play connect-the-dots on our son’s midsection. Tony Bear’s neck and ears blossomed with thumbprint-sized welts that itched ferociously. In time, both girls also suffered with itchee-owies. I was bitten a time or two. At first we weren’t […]

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