I got as much a charge out of reading everyone’s “clothesline” comments as I did out of the original post! Philippa made a comment about “laundry trees,” so I thought I’d elaborate a bit more on that topic.
I use a “laundry tree” all winter long. (I love this term, by the way, since it actually [...]
Archive for May, 2009
More about Laundry
Posted in Personal, domestic domovaya, home on May 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
More About Clotheslines
Posted in Autobiography, Places, domestic domovaya, home on May 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’ve done enough ranting about clotheslines that a good friend sent me this via e-mail. I have her permission to post it here.
Another friend to whom I sent this, who grew up some ten miles away from me (but Brooklyn is like a foreign country, if you’re from Queens) wrote back and said, “This [...]
New York, New Yooooooooork!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
That’s what it sounds like outside my little New Hampshire home. It’s been sirens all evening. Last Friday, the girl who lives across the street had a royal screaming match with her ex-boyfriend, both drunk as skunks, with the f-word in liberal evidence. Two weeks ago, we had a guy screaming at his girlfriend (same [...]
Thanks to all for Happy Anniversary wishes. I just thought you’d all get a kick out of knowing how we actually spent the day.
After church we headed out to the coast of Maine. Some years ago — both kids were still living at home — we had lunch at a very nice restaurant right on [...]
I DON’T BELIEVE IT
Posted in People, Personal, family, home on May 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Forty years.
We hear about the people of Israel wandering in the desert for forty years and think, “Holy cow, how did they ever stand it?!” Think about it — a baby born at the beginning of that journey would be middle-aged (by today’s standards!) by the time it was over.
For that matter, think about how [...]
Let the Sun Shine In
Posted in Falling Apart at the Seams, domestic domovaya on May 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today, I washed my windows for the first time in five years.
I take no responsibility for this execrable lapse. Five years ago, the city decided to dig up a perfectly usable main street — the one in front of our house — and repave it. Mind you, in this city there are streets that haven’t [...]
