num_pages: 173
description: Its easy to think that meaning fulfillment and bliss are out there somewhere outside of our daily routine. But in this playful yet profound reflection on awareness the compelling voice of a contemporary woman reveals the happiness at the bottom of the laundry basket the love in the kitchen sink and the peace possible in ones own backyard. Follow Karen Maezen Miller through youthful ambition and self-absorption beyond a broken marriage and into the steady calm of a so-called ordinary life. In her hands household chores and caregiving tasks become opportunities for self-examination lessons in relationship and liberating moments of selflessness. With attention its the little things  even the unexpected unpleasant and unwanted things  that count.
language: English
title: Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life
publisher: New World Library