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.
I wonder if they ever lose sleep worrying about a tidal surge?
ReplyDeleteeverybody knows everybody. everybody knows everybodies business. if you make an enemy you have no way to get away, except pack and leave.
ReplyDeletenot one boat in sight.
Imagine the tunneling affect of the wind blowing in? Put your back to the wind and you could pass the same fart 5 times or until you turned around.
ReplyDelete2 questions about the Faroe Islands: (1) Does the sun ever shine? (2) Is there a single tree on any island?
ReplyDeleteIf you brought up Google Earth if you could look to see if there was a tree.
DeleteMention of the Faroes always brings to mind this amazing account:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1088116.The_Brendan_Voyage