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I wish to incite all Christians to rise up and take back the United States of America with all of God's manifold blessings. We want the free allowance of the Bible and prayers allowed again in schools, halls of justice, and all governing bodies. We don't seek a theocracy until Jesus returns to earth because all men are weak and power corrupts the very best of them.
We want to be a kinder and gentler people without slavery or condescension to any.

The world seems to be in a time of discontent among the populace. Christians should not fear. God is Love, shown best through Jesus Christ. God is still in control. All Glory to our Creator and to our God!


A favorite quote from my good friend, Jack Plymale, which I appreciate:

"Wars are planned by old men,in council rooms apart. They plan for greater armament, they map the battle chart, but: where sightless eyes stare out, beyond life's vanished joys, I've noticed,somehow, all the dead and mamed are hardly more than boys(Grantland Rice per our mutual friend, Sarah Rapp)."

Thanks Jack!

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Clotheslines ... Thx Jackie B (PHS 55) !


Oh!  I LOVED this piece and can well remember my angel Mom out in the heat or the bitter cold hanging our freshly-and-often-HAND-washed clothes, God love her sweet and hard-working soul...and taking them down the right way too not to mention the hours of IRONING she did for all of us!  And – there is NOTHING sweeter-smelling than pillows and sheets whipped dry by the wind and gathered and put on beds by a truly LOVING Mother – !!!  Thanks for sending; so very nostalgic and touching – if I close my eyes I can go back and smell those freshly-washed and dried bed clothes to this day – you know the sense of smell is the last sense to go they saySmile 
 
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I grew up hanging clothes on the line and remember every one of those "rules".  It was a challenge in those cold wet Iowa winters; clothes indeed froze on the line -  making it impossible to fold them up; tuck them in the basket and carry into the house.  As a teenager, it was very embarrassing hanging undies on the line for neighbors or passersby to see or worst yet should a boyfriend stop by.  However, if it were allowed today in my own fenced backyard, I'd hang my clothes out to dry and sleep on the freshest smelling sheets one could ever ask for . . . yes, those where the good old days and it kept little hands busy; out of mischief along with doing the dishes, scrubbing hardwood floors or picking veggies from the garden.  Great memories :)

THIS IS FUNNY AND  QUITE TRUE...WE ARE PROBABLY THE LAST GENERATION THAT WILL REMEMBER WHAT A CLOTHESLINE WAS.

Great  memories for some of us!  It's the poem at the end  that's the best!!!  Remembering Mom's  Clothesline.

There is one thing  that's left out. We had a long wooden pole (clothes pole) that was used to push the clotheslines up so that longer items (sheets/pants/etc.) didn't brush the ground and get dirty.  I can hear my mother now...

THE BASIC RULES FOR  CLOTHESLINES:
(If you don't even know what clotheslines are, better skip this.)

1.  You had to hang the socks by the toes... NOT the  top.

2.  You hung pants by the BOTTOM/cuffs... NOT the  waistbands.

3.  You had to WASH the clothesline(s) before  hanging any clothes - walk the entire length  of each line with a damp cloth around the lines.

4.  You had to hang the clothes in a certain order,  and always hang "whites" with "whites," and hang them first.

5.  You NEVER hung a shirt by the shoulders - always  by the tail!  What would the neighbors think?

6.  Wash day on a Monday! NEVER hang clothes on the  weekend, or on Sunday, for Heaven's sake!

7.  Hang the sheets and towels on the OUTSIDE lines  so you could hide your "unmentionables" in the middle (perverts & busybodies, y'know!)

8. It  didn't matter if it was sub-zero weather...  clothes would  "freeze-dry."

9.  ALWAYS gather the clothes pins when taking down  dry clothes!! Pins left on the lines were "tacky"!

10.  If you were efficient, you would line the  clothes up so that each item did not need two clothes pins, but shared one of the clothes pins with the next washed item.

11.  Clothes off of the line before dinner time,  neatly folded in the clothes basket, and ready to be ironed.

12.  IRONED??!! Well, that's a whole OTHER  subject!
   

And  now a POEM...
A clothesline was a news  forecast, To neighbors passing  by,
There  were no secrets you could keep, When clothes  were hung to dry.
It  also was a friendly link, For neighbors always  knew
If  company had stopped on by, To spend a night or  two.
  
For  then you'd see the "fancy sheets", And towels  upon the line;
You'd  see the "company table cloths", With intricate  designs.
The  line announced a baby's birth, >From folks who  lived inside,
As  brand new infant clothes were hung, So carefully  with pride!
  
The  ages of the children could, So readily be  known
By  watching how the sizes changed, You'd know how much they'd grown!
It  also told when illness struck, As extra sheets  were hung;
Then  nightclothes, and a bathrobe too, Haphazardly  were strung.
  
It  also said, "On vacation now", When lines hung  limp and bare.
It told, "We're back!"  when full lines sagged, With not an inch to  spare!
New  folks in town were scorned upon, If wash was  dingy and gray,
As  neighbors carefully raised their brows, And  looked the other way.
  
But  clotheslines now are of the past, For dryers  make work much less.
Now  what goes on inside a home, Is anybody's  guess!
I  really miss that way of life, It was a friendly  sign
When  neighbors knew each other best... By what hung  on the line.
    

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