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January Best for Spring Cleaning

From: Dale Short
Length: 00:03:49

A light-hearted manifesto for change in America's house-cleaning habits Read the full description.

Broom_small A home filled with holiday detritus made a light bulb go on, for me, and the result is this essay that asks the question, Why waste valuable springtime on an onerous task that's best suited for the bleakest part of winter?

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A home filled with holiday detritus made a light bulb go on, for me, and the result is this essay that asks the question, Why waste valuable springtime on an onerous task that's best suited for the bleakest part of winter?