“Clean up time is here for yards,” declared The Aspen Times on April 20, 1950. “Aspen has eye-appeal — or will have — spring is here and civic-minded and proud Aspenites are busy spring cleaning their ...

I might be one of those rare birds who actually enjoys cleaning, to an extent. Even as a child, I reveled in tidying up, vacuum lines in the carpet, and a perfectly made bed. I carried this with me ...