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.
Near the end of her life she wanted to build a home in Morro Bay, CA with an attached working windmill reminiscent of the Dutch windmills. The planning commission said no, then maybe but with modifications. In the end, the home was built and with a non-working windmill greatly reduced in size. It was a ghastly affair what they dragged her through. She passed shortly after the home was built.
Near the end of her life she wanted to build a home in Morro Bay, CA with an attached working windmill reminiscent of the Dutch windmills. The planning commission said no, then maybe but with modifications. In the end, the home was built and with a non-working windmill greatly reduced in size. It was a ghastly affair what they dragged her through. She passed shortly after the home was built.
ReplyDeleteShe was a beauty nonetheless...
DeleteIndeed she was. See her in "The Night of the Hunter". Strange film. Has Mitchum too. Highly recommended.
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