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.
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Amazing that some of those pots survived
Byzantine shipwreck from the end of 4th century (Yenikapi,Turkey). The ship was loaded with pickled fry (a type of small fish), almonds, walnuts, hazels, muskmelon seeds, olives, peaches and pine cones and roman sauce - garum.
Hi CW Off topic related to the sierra snows
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The comments are worth scrolling. :-)
Thanks for the link, and yes, I can confirm that the snow is deep and full of water.
DeleteLoved the comments! They show that there are still some sane people in CA (besides our gracious host, of course!)
DeleteHard to imagine what it took to do that kind of wood work all those centuries ago.
ReplyDeleteSome of that is pretty intricate.
Yep, the old timers had some skills.
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