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.
At 62, I'm still enthralled with rocks, and always come home with a pocketful after a walking the shores of Lake Superior or northern Lake Michigan. Found a natural blue one just this past week.
Colorful, smooth and you can put them in bag! What's not to like when you were 9 years old?
ReplyDeleteWhat's not to like when you're an adult?
DeleteAt 62, I'm still enthralled with rocks, and always come home with a pocketful after a walking the shores of Lake Superior or northern Lake Michigan. Found a natural blue one just this past week.
ReplyDeleteEvery kid with a favorite rock in their pocket is a potential Geologist.
ReplyDeleteSomewhere along the way I lost that joy. Not sure when, where, or how. I'd like to get some of it back.
ReplyDeleteI think that's fentanyl
ReplyDeleteThe gift shop at the top of Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park. Kids love it…and some adults too (ya just gotta pick up a handful).
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