Jan

9

Today is the Day

Each day of the week is believed to have a sympathetic connection with tasks that are ruled by the planet for which it was named. So culturally pervasive is this connection that it has found its way into folklore and song. But can modern homemakers take our cues from the Victorian housewife or from an 18th century children’s rhyme? After all, the landscape of daily life has changed dramatically. Unlike the household of the Victorian era, or even the 1950s, few households have a full-time homemaker with time to mend hems and bake her own bread. Have we jettisoned the need for planetary wisdom along with our plows and thimbles?….

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