Archive for January 31st, 2012

The Idea has been Mothballed

Ever thought about the origin of that saying? It means: Put into storage, or not used. Mothballs… I remember mothballs, my grandmother’s house smelled of them, my Aunt Louie’s house reeked of them. The smell of mothballs was an integral part of my childhood. My mother had mothballs in the linen cupboard and in the [...]

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