Not because it saved her time from doing dishes manually, but because of its germ-fighting abilities. The most important appliance in the home was my mother’s dishwasher. They were very important to the proper functioning of her life, and very much extended members of our family. A woman of somewhat obsessive routine, my mother had a unique relationship with her appliances. So I’ve decided to start someplace safe: my mother’s appliances. But where to begin with a visual tribute to one’s mother? And how to avoid slipping into some Hitchcock-meets-Freud nightmare? She had a long and healthy life and died very much on her own terms, so I’m doing okay. ![]() I recently lost my mother at the age of 90.
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