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The Laundry Room
Front-Ranger:
I'm glad you're visiting my launderette tonite. Welcome!
Marge_Innavera:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on July 10, 2007, 03:39:08 pm ---Welcome to my beautiful laundrette! Altho I'm sure Alma didn't think that way about it.
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Yeah, but in a museum job that I worked at for several years, I tried doing laundry the old-fashioned way a few times, and always think of that in the scene where you see Alma scrubbing clothes on a washboard. Even if she didn't have to build a fire to heat water and then agitate the clothes by hand, like in pioneer days, I can really appreciate the appeal that living over a laundromat would have. ;D Not to mention Wyoming having such a cold climate; their apartment would have been that much more cozy in the winter.
Would love to stay in that place someday, if they ever decide to rent it out by the night!
serious crayons:
This is waaaayyy OT, so I'm only posting a link. But here is an essay from the Iowa Review called Laundry, which explores the task of doing laundry and its larger metaphoric meanings. I liked it, and I thought others might possibly find it interesting.
http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eiareview/mainpages/stanton.html
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on March 08, 2008, 09:43:12 pm ---This is waaaayyy OT, so I'm only posting a link. But here is an essay from the Iowa Review called Laundry, which explores the task of doing laundry and its larger metaphoric meanings. I liked it, and I thought others might possibly find it interesting.
http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eiareview/mainpages/stanton.html
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;D I like the idea of bring outside resources/reference materials to these discussions Bud. And, it's nice and reassuring to know that Brokies aren't the only ones who feel that laundry can have deep metaphorical significance.
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: atz75 on March 08, 2008, 11:48:44 pm --- ;D I like the idea of bring outside resources/reference materials to these discussions Bud. And, it's nice and reassuring to know that Brokies aren't the only ones who feel that laundry can have deep metaphorical significance.
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I definitely agree! Our matriarch Annie Proulx does this all the time...cites many sources of inspiration, including history, art, poetry, and Hamley's Ranch Catalogue!
Yes, I love laundry and all its allusions. In fact, in my laundry room I have a series of photographs on the wall which I took years ago. I used to go into people's laundry rooms and poke around and take pictures. I found all that stuff amazing!! THere's also some needlepoint that my mother made for me hanging over the washer. It says, "Please don't do my laundry" LOL!
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