The Seattle Times: Clothesline crusaders call laundry flap overblown
By Nancy Bartley — August 14, 2013
A red sheet, a collection of white socks and a vintage bra or two flap in the breeze on Ella Burnham’s backyard clothesline in North Bend. It’s wash day for Burnham, 74, and that means hanging out the laundry as she’s done since she was a kid barely able to reach the line to peg up her knickers. Now when she hangs out her clothes, she does so with satisfaction, knowing she’s saving energy. But she does it with a grumble or two for neighbors down the road where homeowners’ associations prohibit drying clothes outdoors. Read more: