Hundreds of communities and many more private developments have banned clotheslines as unsightly and detrimental to property values. Bans in 19 states have been overturned by courts. We got our clothesline going yesterday, Spring is finally showing itself.

In recent years clotheslines have become an issue, especially in suburbs and snooty developments. They were considered eyesores, a symbol of poverty (remember the clotheslines that used to hang behind the tenements in New York City?) Environmentalists and people like Maria and I are fighting back, although no one in my town would ban a clothesline.

We believe clotheslines are beautiful, a form of folk art all of their own, and they conserve energy. Clothes that dry naturally have a clean and fresh and chemical free feeling to that. I love seeing our clotheslines flapping in the Spring breeze, and I love the color and form they bring to our home.

Clotheslines are pure and natural, they are an honest and very natural reflection of us. They connect us to Mother Earth in the most personal and simple of ways. They are us, literally.