Way back in time I wrote a column about wash day in my family when I was a young boy. I recalled the log cabin that my father built back in the mid 20s and the fast moving spring running beside it ...

The bell on our new washer really intrigued me. Around 1950 we finally got an actual automatic washing machine. You’d plug it in, turn it to “start” and then you could walk away while it swirled the ...

“Took a risk washing my clothes when there was a chance of rain. I put it all on the line.” I was looking out my window near my desk at a neighbor’s house, watching banners hanging on the porch wave ...

i remember these washing machines when i was a child the smell of wash day the clothes going through the wringer hot steam rising out of the tub and a constant fear of getting my fingers trapped in ...

Having clean laundry was my greatest off-grid obstacle until I discovered two secrets: rainwater and a hand-crank wringer. During long-term power outages before we transitioned off-grid, I washed ...