Cleaning, A Beautiful Thing

By Jean-Francois Millet, 1867

Cleaning house is important on a number of levels and January seems to be a month most people tend to set goals or find some ambitious path to embark on.  This year, all I want to do is clean, make up for all of my messes and leave past years behind.  There's no better way than hiking up your sleeves getting a bucket of disinfectant and going to town.  That's the beauty of a new year or a new mindset, it starts now.

Dusting
by Nicole Speulda

While the frost melts outside my window.
I may as well dust;
And cleanse the wood of filthy build-up,
Take a rag to each slat of the blinds
And sponge down the counters,
While I have the time.
Then hammer up the new calendar,
Check the news online.
Make sure the Britta’s filled-up
And scrub away the rust.
All while I await the thaw outside my window.