Cleansing & Protection cleansing
March begins in one season and ends in another. Other months bring transitions, but March may very well bring the most radical changes. Many a blizzard has halted the commerce of a region one week in March, while sunshine, greening grass, and budding trees overrun the week before or after. Spring cleaning is a task almost everyone can agree on. April 1 is known as April Fool’s Day, which falls on a Saturday in 2023. Let us leave the fools behind and swing into action. In many countries and cultures, Saturday is a day for cleaning. This year, April 1 may very well be a perfect day for cleaning, as it falls on the day before Palm Sunday—a day with many traditions. To begin: Go through closets and cupboards and inventory what cleaning products you have and what you need. Discard any long-held, almost-empty containers; you will never use them. Create a shopping list. Is this the year you finally turn to a more earth-friendly line of cleaning products, or create your own? Don’t forget to wash cleaning rags, discarding those irredeemable. This is a good time to include the cleaning of items often put off or overlooked: windows inside and out and window treatments, change out the cold weather bedding to lighter comforters and blankets, dust off ceiling fans, air intake and output grates, baseboards, and corner cobwebs. Change filters in HVAC and water pitchers. Replace batteries in smoke detectors. Of course, this extensive housework may take more than just one day, so plan accordingly, perhaps for a few Saturdays. You might begin the work early in order to end on April 1. In any case, by May 1, your home will be ready for a Beltane celebration. Or if you, like me, are a household of one, plan this extensive cleaning every weekend into May, and greet June 1 with a shining fresh home.
Chance, 1901
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