CANDLES AND MIRRORS: When overalls could stand

It’s Monday morning. The sun is shining. Delmer informed me via text that it is five degrees in De Smet, SD. On a similar January day nearly 70 years ago, our mother would have said, “It’s a good day to get the laundry done.”

.The Maytag wringer-washer handled the washing part, but the amazing thing about winter laundry back then was how the clothes were dried. Barring snow showers or howling blizz…