by MM | Jul 28, 2024 | Appreciation, Gratitude, Thankfulness
🌈 “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” Thomas Jefferson 🕊️ Description: Thomas JeffersonSource: White House Historical AssociationAuthor: Rembrandt Peale (1778–1860) On this day, let’s remember that maintaining our freedoms requires constant...
by MM | Jul 27, 2024 | Appreciation, Gratitude, Thankfulness
🎶 “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” Charlotte Brontë 🦅 Description: Charlotte Brontë, chalk, 1850. Colour closer to NPG version than CBRichmond.jpg Source: Cropped from Charlotte Brontë (Mrs A.B....
by MM | Jul 26, 2024 | Appreciation, Gratitude, Thankfulness
🌿 “The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty.” George Mason 📰 Description: Portrait of George Mason (1725-1792), American patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. He is called the...
by MM | Jul 25, 2024 | Appreciation, Gratitude, Thankfulness
🏅 “Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves.” Friedrich Nietzsche 🌟 Description: Friedrich Nietzsche, circa 1875.Source: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/04/10/0b/04100baec90c105729b47f33c371476b.jpg Author: Friedrich Hermann...
by MM | Jul 24, 2024 | Appreciation, Gratitude, Thankfulness
🌍 “When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.” Ralph Ellison 🌟 Description: Ralph Ellison, noted author and professor.Source: Stephen Winick (June 2, 2017). Ralph Ellison, Invisible Folklorist. Folklife Today. Library of...
by MM | Jul 23, 2024 | Appreciation, Gratitude, Thankfulness
💪 “You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don’t ever count on having both at once.” Robert A. Heinlein 🕊️ Description: Robert A. Heinlein autographing at the 1976 Worldcon (Midmericon)Source: Photo by Dd-b, taken at the 1976 World Science...
