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.
If you're looking for a 'long-haul" beauty remember: 30 years later the same National Geographic woman's face looked like an old piece of cowhide that had been tenderized by being beaten by a sack full of nickels.
The original Nat Geo girl was 11 or 12 at the time of the photo when she and her family were in a refugee camp. Twenty or so years later the photographer was able to track her down some place in the wilds of the stands. She had no knowledge of the photo. Her resemblance to this photo is remarkable but she had the most haunting green eyes not blue. Story was in a Nat Geo a few years back
She could hypnotize you with those eyes, CW and you'd be in her power.
ReplyDeletethis reminds me of a National Geographic cover from many years ago.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the exact same thing, Ken.
DeleteIf you're looking for a 'long-haul" beauty remember: 30 years later the same National Geographic woman's face looked like an old piece of cowhide that had been tenderized by being beaten by a sack full of nickels.
DeleteIt's possible that she was beaten with a sack of nickels, wasn't she from Afghanistan or one of the other "stans"?
DeleteThe original Nat Geo girl was 11 or 12 at the time of the photo when she and her family were in a refugee camp. Twenty or so years later the photographer was able to track her down some place in the wilds of the stands. She had no knowledge of the photo. Her resemblance to this photo is remarkable but she had the most haunting green eyes not blue. Story was in a Nat Geo a few years back
ReplyDeleteA viking somewhere in the woodpile?
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