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.
The scene bears an uncanny resemblance to the room adjacent to Mr. Crago's workshop. Mr. Crago was a neighbor when I was a kid. After he lost his young son in a car accident, he took my younger brother under his wing. Together they built models sailboats.
Billy Crago was 15 and was this close to becoming an Eagle scout. Handsome, athletic, well liked, it was a terrible loss to all who knew Billy. His mother's hair turned white overnight. I just wanted to remember him here.
I wonder what that large rock is doing on the shelf?
ReplyDeleteMinding its own business, it seems.
DeleteNo doubt...
DeleteEgg? Fossilized.
DeleteThe model yacht has seen some sailing, at least according to the water marks on the sails.
ReplyDeleteThe scene bears an uncanny resemblance to the room adjacent to Mr. Crago's workshop.
ReplyDeleteMr. Crago was a neighbor when I was a kid.
After he lost his young son in a car accident, he took my younger brother under his wing. Together they built models sailboats.
Billy Crago was 15 and was this close to becoming an Eagle scout. Handsome, athletic, well liked, it was a terrible loss to all who knew Billy. His mother's hair turned white overnight.
I just wanted to remember him here.