Can't stop thinking about Mrs. Bartolozzi
My mother recently passed, and right now I'm washing her last load of clothing. It is bringing me a very specific feeling of grief. I remember reading someone's interpretation of Mrs. Bartolozzi, that the narrator is washing the laundry of a passed loved one. Kate's brilliance is so evident in this song, in the way she captures the emotion of a small moment with her music, lyrics, and especially her vocals. The "swishy swashy" - sometimes you want to shut off the emotions and the knowledge that the person you love is gone, and just stare at and focus on something mundane, like the swishing in the washing machine.