Fall in Florida does not always feel like fall. In Gainesville, the calendar may say autumn, but the weather often has other plans. The afternoons are still warm. The humidity is still hanging around. The air conditioning is still working hard. And somehow, even...

Cleaning is one of those responsibilities that never really ends. You can vacuum the floors, wipe the counters, scrub the bathroom, and reset the kitchen, and somehow, within a day or two, the house starts asking for attention again. Dishes come back. Dust settles....

The overflowing laundry basket usually is not the real problem. Neither is the pile of mail on the counter, the shoes by the door, the dusty ceiling fan, or the bathroom you swore you cleaned recently even though evidence suggests otherwise. Most of the time, what...