January 17, 2009

Frosted Glass

Frosted Glass

Originally uploaded by kilgorebrian13

It has been very cold here for the last few days. The sun coming up though the window this morning highlighted the pattern of frost on the kitchen window.

January 17, 2009

Dead as a Doornail

Growing up in Maine, I often heard the expression “dead as a doornail.”
I never thought much about it, figuring it was an old Yankee way of emphasizing a lack of life in a person, place or thing. It sort of made sense – what could be more “dead” than a nail? But just about anything could fit [...]