Stuffy House Syndrome, Free Air, and More

Hello from The Manse, and welcome to new listeners of Homemaking Radio. Use it for your work or your walk.  Today I spoke of the stuffy house syndrome,**  quoting "The Jane Austen Diet" concerning what Austen wrote as "gloomy thoughts" or "weary minds."  People are discovering more and more that a closed up house can effect a person's presence of mind and sense of well-being. I suggest in this broadcast, the hours the house is shut, can affect the mood. 

Today I broadcast from one of the guest rooms (my children's former rooms are now guest rooms), which is newly made over with old things.

And, from my Austen walk today:

Now, regarding the "free air" written about in Jane Austen's stories;

The custom in our generations has been to get out of the stuffy house to go to other enclosed, stale air places, such as the car, the grocery store, and many other stilled air locations. Upon returning home, there remains the "creepy house" feeling, which in fact, could be the stuffy house effect.

I suggested providing some relief to you who are under duress, or anyone you know, an hour of reprieve, with the comfort of a Jane Austen walk, wordless and slow, observing with all your senses. Plan a "clear mind" hour to get air, move slowly about and be surrounded by natural sounds, sights and air.

Please enjoy your work in the home while you listen to this episode:

**Stuffy house" is formerly my expression"creepy house syndrome," a feeling of unease, eerie or strangeness in the house, often first thing in the morning, or between 4 and 7 pm. or other times, depending on the individual at home.   I observed that these were the times  when the house had been closed up without what Austen referred to as free air.