Cordless Dryer

 This long weekend sends thousands of cars onto the mactac highways pumping tons of carbon into the atmosphere while complaining about the heat and buying ACs and global warming and also travelling on ships and trains and airplanes doing their bit to kill the planet in a slow death. Who wants to stay home in the summer? No one, because there's the boat and the trailer and the bush noise maker grinding up the woods and they, too, pump out carbons. Lots. Summer fun, it's called. I am staying home, goody two shoes that I am,  for these reasons: done it all, too old, no desire, got rid of my car and I love my sun deck and home and I have a conscience that tells me I have grandchildren and they need the planet.  Today I am laundering. Okay, I am using warm water, soap and electricity. But the difference is that because we have more than ample sun, I can turn on my "cordless dryer". My deck is not allowed by The Condo Act, to have laundry hanging out, thus I have encircled the deck space with fake ivy branches because I do not have a view and even if I did, I would still do the same. Why? I like the look of greenery that I don't have to water and that stays out winter and summer and doesn't change. Love it. I have a folding rack that will take lots of hanging objects, sneakers and flat things and I use it every week when the laundry days are sunny. My deck is covered by the deck above, my sun umbrella is up unless it rains and I face west with no view at all. What better reasons are there to hang out laundry that no one else can see? When I had a house, a rarity these days, I had a clothes line. Remember then,  when the sheets blew freely in the wind and towels smelled heavenly when reaped?  Even though I worked full-time, I always hung out my laundry and loved doing it. I felt that it was the right place for it. When I had a set of those cute laundry machines with the little round windows (why windows?), it just wasn't the same. What came out dry smelled like perfume, but yes, it could be folded immediately and safely since it never saw the light of day unless it was on me. But I missed gathering in sweet smelling linens of the old days before layering them into the closet. Younger  urbies don't have that pleasure now. But then who CAN hang out laundry? To me, it makes sense to use the sun instead of turning on an electric dryer. I have to admit that often I put some items in for about ten minutes just to warm out the wrinkles if any, but most pieces off the little rack are smooth and the sheets that I drape between too deck chairs are back to smelling like fresh air. Wonderful! In Europe, hanging out laundry is okay because they are crowded and know the value of not using electrical power, no matter how much source they have to do so. They are planet conscious. Are you?