Short Journeys - Spring Cleaning

Mireille Guiliano writes in latest book “French Women For All Seasons” – “Sometimes we must make do with a short interior journey, such as focusing on a simple task – the French woman’s zen.” Guiliano mentions this in her chapter on fall, but I think it holds true even moreso for the winter months. The winter months of January and February after the holiday rush is over and family members have once again dispersed to their respective homes can be downright depressing. When friends call my mother (who’s lived alone for many years now – and knows a thing or two about solitude), she tells them to clean out a drawer. The sense of accomplishment far exceeds the simplicity of the task.