In my day.. In the good old days, life was better. Men worked and women stayed home, kept the house, looked after the kids and wore frilly aprons over pretty dresses. photo credit: KimmiK Everyone knew their place and life was simple and modern issues of career vs career and whose turn it is to [...]
photo credit: lille abe - annoyed by the pro account At 81 years of age, my grandmother still cleans her kitchen floor every day with a rag, on her hands and knees. She tells me that by scrubbing it by hand she gets a better clean than she would get with a mop. I don't [...]
There's nothing more empowering than having your apron strings untied from the sink. Unless you get untied from the sink so that you can trot off in a wool suit to your box on the terrace for every daylight hour and more besides, after which you will glamorously engage in up-to-the-minute witty banter with 40 [...]
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Beyond Beeton is a post-modern guide to household management inspired by Mrs Beeton’s 1861 Book of Household Management.
