No Dryer Yet

Yes, we had a washer, but no dryer yet So we hung our clothes out on the line to dry with those old wooden clothes pins, you know and after dinner we retired to the balcony to sit and sip tea, often with neighbors who dropped by to catch up on the local gossip... Those nights seemed to go on and on, at least until my bedtime, 9:30 p.m. -- so unfair! -- at which point the 'adult talk' commenced, an occasional burst of laughter punctuating the air... Seems nobody's got time for each other on our old block these days -- the balconies sure are empty at night -- or else perhaps folks just got so busy with their new-fangled dryers, flat-screen TVs, smartphones and whatnot