I just put a load of laundry in to my 21st century machine that wants to know my every wish for the perfect wash. What temperature do I want? hot? cold? energy saver? Or perhaps cool? One rinse or two? How long do I want to wash my semi-dirty clothes? Do I want to wash them gently or harshly?
As I loaded my machine, one sweater would not sink into the energy-saving, cool, one rinse, water and for a second I looked around my (oh so very pleasant), laundry room for my ‘stick’. Do you remember the stick your mother used to push down the clothes into the wringer washing machine? Made of wood and squeaky clean the stick was used only for that purpose; pushing down clothes into the water and Tide detergent. I think ours was the old handle from a toilet plunger. And, in the case of my mother, hell would rain down if you borrowed that stick for any other purpose. Continue reading “Nostalgia…through the wringer”