And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It's pickled pears I miss. I've never seen any or heard of any, after my Grandmother passed; she canned lots of things, some I don't even know what they were- but they all tasted heavenly!
Mmmmm... jelly beans...
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the late Mrs. Fisher's pickled beets. You could buy your way out of prison with a single jar of those beets.
ReplyDeleteIt's pickled pears I miss. I've never seen any or heard of any, after my Grandmother passed; she canned lots of things, some I don't even know what they were- but they all tasted heavenly!
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