#liberated

[theworldatwar]

A group of US soldiers pose with French civilians after their town was liberated - 1944, exact date and location unknown

[acknowledgetheabsurd]

Ah! My dear, loving, dark-haired woman, my beach, I’m thinking of the moment when we will surrender to each other. It’s only with you that I feel liberated, understood, validated. Yes, I love you, and I curse the days that keep us apart. The sun, the sea, you in my arms, my lips on you, yes, that’s what living is, and it’s an immense cup of joy that we will drink all at once. Afterwards, however hard the solitude, the waiting, at least we will have experienced that.

Albert Camus to Maria Casarès, Mon Cher Amour, April 29, 1950 [#294]

[wordsofwisdomandsoul]

[random-xpressions]

Sinning, by sitting on his lap...

Random Xpressions

[zinzzan]

'They all said, "That's the girl that didn't shower since Kurt Cobain Died", which would be a long time not to take a shower...'

Dirty Girls (2000)

[ometochtli2rabbit]

“The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.”—Carl T. Rowan

(pic- Berkeley Public Library)

[scotianostra]

On Christmas Day in 1950 four young Scots retrieved the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey.

Used as the coronation stone of the Scottish kings from the 10th century, and supposedly a relic from biblical times, the stone was taken to England by Edward I as a symbol of his overlordship.

A group of four Scottish students removed it and took it back north of the border in a Ford Anglia, it's first return to Scotland in over 550 years.

It remained hidden until they placed it in Arbroath Abbey in April 1951, where it was discovered and returned to England.

The police conducted an investigation with a focus of course on Scotland. All four of the group were interviewed and all but Ian Hamilton later confessed to their involvement. The authorities decided not to prosecute. A filmy was made about the caper in 2008.

On St Andrews Day 1996 the stone was placed in Edinburgh Castle beside, The Honours of Scotland, amid much ceremony.