Keeping House
Welcome to Keeping House, where the Domestic Daemon wages a never-ending battle against dust, clutter, laundry and the peculiar tendency of household objects to disappear just when they’re needed.
Here you’ll find tales of domestic triumphs, spectacular failures, cleaning frenzies and ingenious shortcuts that occasionally create more work than they save. I firmly believe that a home should be lived in, not preserved for inspection, although there are moments when I suspect the dust bunnies are planning a takeover.
Housekeeping, after all, is not about achieving perfection. It’s about maintaining a reasonable degree of civilisation while still having time to put your feet up and enjoy a cup of tea.
And if all else fails, shut the door and pretend you haven’t noticed.
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The Tyranny of the Instruction Manual
Or: Thirty Years of Marital Harmony, One Allen Key at a Time There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who read the instructions, and those who have…
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May the Force of Persil Be With You!
In which a Domestic Daemon discovers a miracle and immediately becomes insufferable Who would have thought? I am not a neat freak. Far from it. But even I was beginning…
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Cleaning Frenzy in Daemonia
A couple of weeks ago, Long-Suffering Husband and I decided to swap our bedroom and study around. An excellent idea, we thought. Unfortunately, actually doing it proved rather less appealing.…
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A Daemon Named Demeter
In which the Harvest Goddess takes to her bed I have been rather quiet for the past few days. Over the weekend, I was busy playing Demeter, Goddess of the…
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The Exhausting Business of Doing Nothing
In which the Domestic Daemon discovers that idleness is a full-time occupation After an absence of almost a year, I have decided that the world has been deprived of my…