Quotes from Peter Miller

Two quiet dishwashing secrets are baking soda and salt. They can be used as abrasives, and they also absorb odor and penetrate into cutting boards.

Clean dish towels can be as pleasurable as clean sheets.

More than twenty years ago, Peter Drucker described managers as "relays—human boosters for the faint, unfocused signals that pass for information in the traditional, pre-information organization.

You will know your state of mind when you wash the dishes. Your care or your impatience; your attention or your distraction. You will see yourself, at that moment, clearly.

Funny thing about a knife: it loves to cut. That is all it knows.

Every kitchen, to some extent, is an operating room, whether conscious of the responsibility or not.

In a sense, a collection of dirty dishes is a traffic jam.

You are a traffic cop of kitchenware. If there is a backup, then you must find the "villain," the metaphoric flat tire or rear-ender.

You must use your head when figuring out this challenge, and that is the best part.

Leave the kitchen bright, fresh, and ready for the next meal—as if it was new, and you had not been there.

Do not waste water or soap. Water is life. It is precious, and if you are lucky enough to have it come easily out of your faucet, treat it with gratitude and respect. Review your water footprint. Every time you wash dishes is an opportunity to practice mindfulness and to reduce waste.

Uncolored, natural, pop-up sponges, made from all-natural cellulose have better absorbency, better texture, and a better smell than the nylon versions