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.
My next clock for the new home office, when pleasing the eye and functionality drove design: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1740219053/large-21-handmade-mid-century-wall-clock?dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
Seems like most homes had a clock like this, usually above the fireplace.
ReplyDeleteThis is a particularly nice one. In high demand today.
My parents did exactly, except their clock had all metal spikes. Above the fireplace! 1960s…
DeleteMy Aunt had one of those clocks...
ReplyDeleteAlso, she was into, "Hoada"... similar to "tupperware", but for home furnishings...
Unusable by 90% of the past three generations.
ReplyDeleteI prefer my time of to be of the analog variety, not chopped up into little pieces.
DeleteMy next clock for the new home office, when pleasing the eye and functionality drove design:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.etsy.com/listing/1740219053/large-21-handmade-mid-century-wall-clock?dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
A beautiful thing of its type.
ReplyDeleteThat was really a great style, pretty short period of time though.
ReplyDeleteGrandparents had one that was exactly like that but all brass. Probably still hanging on the wall.
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