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Our Daily Breather: Kathy Valentine Says It's The Right Time To Declutter Your Home

In Our Daily Breather, we ask writers and artists to recommend ways to find calm in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Kathy Valentine says the muses can wait; right now, it's time to clean your house.
Kathy Valentine

Our Daily Breather is a series where we ask writers and artists to recommend one thing that's helping them get through the days of isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.

Who: Kathy Valentine

Where: Austin, Texas

Recommendation: Making space


Here in lockdown with my daughter, I've been conscious the whole time of this well of creativity

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