Tag Archives: independence

Jul4

fragile fireworks and freedom on the fourth.

Posted on July 4, 2025 by beth

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Dale Chihuly, Glass, Boathouse 7 Neon, Seattle., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

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‘those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.’

-thomas paine

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*Thomas Paine was an English-born American political activist, author, and revolutionary. He is best known for his influential pamphlets, particularly Common Sense which advocated for American independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War. His writings helped to shape the political ideologies of the time and inspired both the American and French Revolutions.

Aug10

few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.~doug larson

Posted on August 10, 2024 by beth

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i have a great affection for babies and teens

awkward and gawky and working so hard to be independent

saw this group performing at a local small town event

song full of angst and sass, just wanting to be left alone to party.

what being a teenager is all about

trying on all the faces and seeing what fits

some things never change just appear in a different form.

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“foolishness, radicalism, morbidity are marks of promising youth, the obvious signs of inward ferment. the melancholy pose, the affectation of pessimism and cynicism, the sentimentality, the conviction of genius, that many of us deplore or deride in certain young people, may be as natural to their age and disposition as the sense of immortality of which Hazlitt writes so feelingly in one of his essays. we should rejoice to find them. they are among the indications of spiritual growth.”

~Robert M. Gay, “As I Laye A-Thynkynge,” The Atlantic Monthly, January 1917