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Some Socks In My Life

Two years ago my friend Jorge gifted me a pair of socks with embroidered reindeer, snowmen, pine trees, and the phrase, “Happy Holidays” arrayed on them. He didn’t believe I’d actually wear them, but I do. I store them at … Continue reading

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Socks

I finished putting away the fresh laundry yesterday afternoon by trying to cram a pair of colorful, striped socks into the over-stuffed socks drawer. They wouldn’t fit in. So, I set them aside to wear today. The fact of the … Continue reading

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Socks

“It knocks my socks off.” When I’m really impressed with something, that’s my go-to phrase. The idiom is quite peculiar, because socks and stockings have nothing to do with feelings of astonishment. Supposedly, the idiom began in the 1940s in … Continue reading

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