I recently saw an article called the right to use solar clothes dryers, so I am thinking that someone had come up with a way of just hooking your clothes dryer up to a solar panel or something. But low and behold a solar clothes dryer is what I have always called a clothes line. Gee I must be dating myself! Evidently in the northeastern states hanging your clothes on a line is forbidden! Evidently seeing your neighbors clean laundry is distasteful to some and it has been banned by home owners' associations. The legislators have actually had to write laws for the right to hang clothes on a line. What has this world come to?
I, on the other hand, have no such restrictions. The view from my clothes line is of an 11,000 foot elevation mountain. Watching the seasons come and go gives me solace in a hustle bustle world. Since I live by a laundromat sometimes friends come over to hang their laundry. It is really nice to be able to talk; catching up with their lives as we hang laundry together. You have to be a special kind of friend to hang laundry together.
There is an art to hanging clothes so they don't leave a clothes pin mark in an inappropriate place. I have discovered that there are several theories to this. Some women feel that they must wipe the line with a damp cloth before hanging a single thing and there are others who feel that is unnecessary. It seems to be a personal choice for most women. Now that the seasons are changing I have to be very in tune with the weather so that clothes do get to dry and not freeze which leaves terrible wrinkles, defeating the purpose of hanging clothes on the line. I am basically lazy and hate to iron so I hang accordingly.
I hang clothes in all kinds of weather. I have discovered that a good rain will take out lint, pet hairs, and just about any thing else, especially if you add a little breeze. I have put rugs out on the line for several days and found that all pet hairs are removed by the elements. Nothing like a good snowstorm and wind to clean a rug.
Why do I hang clothes on a line? I do it for several reasons. One is I love to be outside enjoying the day, and perhaps more importantly I am saving the environment single-handedly (maybe not, but doing my part). Electric clothes dryers are major polluters in the coal-based electric scenario. They use a lot of energy, and there is a way to dry clothes effectively that is good for the environment hence the clothes line. Also when you dry clothes on the line they automatically have that fresh smell that people spend money on to put in the electric dryer; dryer sheets--which means more chemicals. No thank you.
Copyright © 2007-2008, by Jane Goodhart. All Rights Reserved.
Jane Goodhart lives in Salida, Colorado. In addition to writing for Blog Salida, she is also a regular contributor to the Women's Teaching newsletter.
I, on the other hand, have no such restrictions. The view from my clothes line is of an 11,000 foot elevation mountain. Watching the seasons come and go gives me solace in a hustle bustle world. Since I live by a laundromat sometimes friends come over to hang their laundry. It is really nice to be able to talk; catching up with their lives as we hang laundry together. You have to be a special kind of friend to hang laundry together.
There is an art to hanging clothes so they don't leave a clothes pin mark in an inappropriate place. I have discovered that there are several theories to this. Some women feel that they must wipe the line with a damp cloth before hanging a single thing and there are others who feel that is unnecessary. It seems to be a personal choice for most women. Now that the seasons are changing I have to be very in tune with the weather so that clothes do get to dry and not freeze which leaves terrible wrinkles, defeating the purpose of hanging clothes on the line. I am basically lazy and hate to iron so I hang accordingly.
I hang clothes in all kinds of weather. I have discovered that a good rain will take out lint, pet hairs, and just about any thing else, especially if you add a little breeze. I have put rugs out on the line for several days and found that all pet hairs are removed by the elements. Nothing like a good snowstorm and wind to clean a rug.
Why do I hang clothes on a line? I do it for several reasons. One is I love to be outside enjoying the day, and perhaps more importantly I am saving the environment single-handedly (maybe not, but doing my part). Electric clothes dryers are major polluters in the coal-based electric scenario. They use a lot of energy, and there is a way to dry clothes effectively that is good for the environment hence the clothes line. Also when you dry clothes on the line they automatically have that fresh smell that people spend money on to put in the electric dryer; dryer sheets--which means more chemicals. No thank you.
Copyright © 2007-2008, by Jane Goodhart. All Rights Reserved.
Jane Goodhart lives in Salida, Colorado. In addition to writing for Blog Salida, she is also a regular contributor to the Women's Teaching newsletter.
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