"Poverty is the mother of crime."
— Cassiodorus (circa 485-585 CE) Variae Epistolae, book 9, epistle 13 (537 CE)
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Mugshot of Alice Caush, arrested for larceny in North Shields (October 31, 1903) Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums |
The Quote of the Day (from Liz Claiborne), plus other bits and pieces from my life in the North East of the United States. (I'm also a big fan of the PRI radio program This American Life.) Letters, emails, musing, and other sundry items from the attic of my PC's hard drive (all names have been changed).
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Mugshot of Alice Caush, arrested for larceny in North Shields (October 31, 1903) Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums |