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Introduction | p. xi |
Washing the Dishes | |
"Bathing a Newborn Buddha" | p. 3 |
Sacrament | p. 5 |
Cadence | p. 7 |
"Doing the Dishes" | p. 8 |
"Clearing the Table" | p. 10 |
Laundry | |
"At Last, Her Laundry's Done" | p. 17 |
"An Ode for Ironing" | p. 20 |
Birthday | p. 21 |
Resurrection of the Ordinary | p. 24 |
Artist | p. 27 |
Integrative Practice | p. 29 |
"Love Calls Us to the Things of This World" | p. 31 |
Sweeping | |
Compositions | p. 39 |
Making Drudgery Divine | p. 40 |
"Baha'u'llah's Banishment to Iraq" | p. 42 |
A Common Thing in an Uncommon Manner | p. 43 |
"Sweeping" | p. 45 |
Here and Not Elsewhere | p. 47 |
Action | p. 48 |
The Natural Order of Things | |
True Economy | p. 55 |
"A Plain Talk as to Securing Negro Homes" | p. 56 |
"How to Invoke Magic" | p. 57 |
"Clutter and the Matter of Life and Death" | p. 58 |
"Kavvanah for Cleaning" | p. 62 |
"The Tools and Goods of the Monastery" | p. 64 |
"One Hour Sorting" | p. 66 |
In the Company of Angels | p. 67 |
Housework | |
"The Idea of Housework" | p. 73 |
"A Song from the Suds | p. 75 |
True Spirit | p. 77 |
"The Joys of Housework: Late Have I Loved It" | p. 78 |
"A Yen for Cleaning" | p. 82 |
Dignity | p. 100 |
Answered Prayer | p. 101 |
Making Home | |
Restoration | p. 109 |
"Sanctuary" | p. 110 |
"Kate and Becca Housecleaning | p. 113 |
"Everyday Edens: Spending Another Day in Paradise" | p. 114 |
First Job | p. 117 |
"Maud Martha Spares the Mouse" | p. 118 |
Workspace | |
"Advice to Writers" | p. 123 |
"Cleaning the Kitchen Is Cleaning the Mind" | p. 125 |
Engage | p. 127 |
Practice | p. 128 |
Spirit | p. 129 |
"I Stop Writing the Poem" | p. 131 |
Consecration | p. 132 |
Guests and Holidays | |
Feast | p. 137 |
Grace | p. 138 |
The Good Part | p. 142 |
"Martha" | p. 143 |
Domicile | p. 147 |
First Fruits | p. 148 |
"Removing the Soot" | p. 151 |
"Spring Cleaning Ritual on the Eve of the Full Moon Nisan" | p. 152 |
Big Messes | |
Ecopoiesis | p. 161 |
"Comfort" | p. 162 |
"Homework" | p. 164 |
Ash | p. 166 |
Women's Work | p. 170 |
Restoring Order | p. 171 |
"No Crying in Baseball" | p. 173 |
"Last of the Midnight Lullabies" | p. 175 |
"Offering" | p. 178 |
"Prayer" | p. 180 |
Acknowledgments | p. 181 |
Credits | p. 182 |
About the Contributors | p. 187 |
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