Indeed so! By popular demand, mariner’s wife submits one of her witty poems:

Housekeeping

Company was coming so I thought I should clean up a bit
Those dusty windowsills, for instance,
Not that they ever bothered me before.
My mother’s philosophy of housekeeping
Was ‘See it, do it’

So I tackled the windowsill with a damp rag.
Then I noticed the window needed cleaning, too
So I got the spray and cleaned the inside of the window
Which made the outside look really dingy
As it was covered with spiderwebs.

I went outside to clean the outside of the window
And noticed that the door could use a wash, too.
In cleaning the top of the outside of the door
I noticed the underside of the porch roof
Draped in spiderwebs. So I got the broom and swept them away.

As I stepped back to admire the underside of the porch roof
Which no one ever sees
I noticed the stair railing needed to be wiped down.
So since I saw it, I did it–because really
When was I ever going to do it if not now?

All this because company was coming
And I noticed the dust on the windowsill.
I am so grateful that I do not notice things
On a daily basis–dust is safe in my house
As are spiders.

If I saw things to be done all day long
When would I ever have time to write?
Better by far to think it and write it
Than see it and do it–
except, perhaps, when company is coming.  MKM 11-22-2025