Theory of the DailyThe domestic and the everyday in literature, history, philosophy, and science.Two Books that Were Better than I Expected- July 14, 2005 Confessions of an Organized Homemaker, by Deniece Schofield. I don't know why I overlooked this one the first time I thumbed through it. It struck me as basically a collection of organizing tips, and while I'm all for tips, after a while they all start to sound the same. What I had missed, however, was the author's emphasis on underlying principles, which I find much more useful. Most organizing books seem to have some sort of introductory apparatus in which they ask you to figure out why...http://web.utk.edu/~hwallac2/weblog/2005/07/two_books_that.html (Untitled)- July 6, 2005 Men and the art of dodging housework:Yes, many more men are willingly pitching in at home these days, especially in caring for children. But the gap between the amount of housework fathers do and the amount mothers do has actually widened slightly, according to Rudy Seward, a sociologist at the University of North Texas in Denton. Mothers in 2003 reported doing almost three times more housework than fathers, averaging 17 hours a week. Fathers reported spending six hours, on average - down from..http://web.utk.edu/~hwallac2/weblog/2005/07/men_and_the_art.html |