Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Clothes Lines

[sherylcatmom (sheryl]

Sharon, I appreciate this perspective.  When I see clothes (even
others' underwear) hanging on a line, I smile because I think of the
environment being a smidge better due to an electric dryer not being
used.

But then I've never lived in a neighborhood where clotheslines were
part of the constellation of activities that said "poverty."  That
had never even occurred to me.

Sheryl


--- In cohousing-L [at] yahoogroups.com, Sharon Villines <sharon@...>
wrote:
> Because we were a largely "white" group moving into a
largely "black"
> community that did not understand the value of clothes dried
outdoors
> as a new nature thing but as a poor thing. They had escaped the
> neighborhoods where everyone's laundry was hung out all over the
place
> because they had no choice. They were working hard already to
escape
> that view of themselves; they didn't need our views on the subject.
>
> Yes, we could have started an education program, etc. but you have
to
> choose your battles. That one was one that no one really wanted to
take
> on.
>
> Sharon
> -----
> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org