The week beginning the first Saturday in June has been designated International Clothesline Week...
How to Use a Clothesline .. this article in Wiki How was my introduction to this international observance. Having used clotheslines for much of my life, my first inclination was to snicker and wonder who in the world would think to write such an article. And then... after a minute or so... I realized that what today's generation is born with is their normal... clothes are dried in a clothes dryer. I'm sure that many today have never seen clotheslines. Many home owner's associations and apartment complexes don't even allow clotheslines to be put in place.
I love to feel all fresh from a hot shower or lingering bath and slip into my bed to sniff the fresh smell of air and sunshine and feel the crispness that only the gentle stirring of the breeze can give to linens... Anyway... I am truly glad that some of the things that were done a couple of generations ago are making their way back. I firmly believe that not all things are progress...
she says as she throws her clothes in the dryer because it is raining outside...
Oh well... maybe some things are progress... for rainy days, anyway.
1 comment:
Oh I love the clothesline! The way the sheets smell when they come off the line! Nothing dries like a towel that's been line dried either. Unfortunately, since I put my clothesline up - we've had rain, rain, rain. So I guess I need to sing praises for the dryer... sometimes! :)
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