"Poverty is the mother of crime."
— Cassiodorus (circa 485-585 CE) Variae Epistolae, book 9, epistle 13 (537 CE)
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).
Mugshot of Alice Caush, arrested for larceny in North Shields (October 31, 1903) Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums |