I remember helping you when I was a student and your were/are my mentor. I would help clean/tidy condo. Hang out with your youngest and proof read child development text books. I remember those days fondly.
I am so happy you are happy living the life retired in CA.
Please keep writing and posting. I look forward to reading your posts and books to come!!!
Thank you for the shout-out, Marlene. I hope some of your readers will join us at the next Get It Done Day this Friday, January 13th! (Go to helenmclaughlin.com/doneday to register.)
I’m delighted to hear you’re working on your cozy mystery.
I too pick up in preparation for our cleaner. I hadn’t thought of the after time, though. Interesting. The most dramatic upside of the after cleaning is the kitchen. All of the dishes and pots and pans are clean. But I do NOT want to undo that by cooking! 🤣
Marlene is the author of Back to the Land in Silicon Valley (2020), her memoir about raising children, animals and vegetables on a rural plot of land in the 1970s. When not writing, Marlene speaks to parent groups, teacher in-services and conferences, and walks beside the ocean with her companion Border Collie, Kismet. She still grows, prepares and eats organic food, and is happy to share her recipes.
I remember helping you when I was a student and your were/are my mentor. I would help clean/tidy condo. Hang out with your youngest and proof read child development text books. I remember those days fondly.
I am so happy you are happy living the life retired in CA.
Please keep writing and posting. I look forward to reading your posts and books to come!!!
Dena – so happy to know you are reading my posts.
Loved your article on the prep before the house cleaner comes. We all have our ways as well as our quirks.
The joke around my house is that flat surface is in danger of becoming “Adrienne’s new shelf!” I could totally relate to your organizational style.
Best wishes for a Happy and Healthy organized new year!
Thank you for the shout-out, Marlene. I hope some of your readers will join us at the next Get It Done Day this Friday, January 13th! (Go to helenmclaughlin.com/doneday to register.)
I’m delighted to hear you’re working on your cozy mystery.
I too pick up in preparation for our cleaner. I hadn’t thought of the after time, though. Interesting. The most dramatic upside of the after cleaning is the kitchen. All of the dishes and pots and pans are clean. But I do NOT want to undo that by cooking! 🤣