Happy New Year, Old Spirituals friends!

I apologize for my unusual silence. I managed to get quite sick over the holidays but I’m feeling better every day. Tremendous thank you to Nicola di Crescenzo (our Jax Saggezza) for keeping the wonderful posts coming!

Today I have for you a picture of Alice Roosevelt Longworth, one of my favorite historical rebels. It was taken on New Year’s Day 1909, as she left a reception, probably at the White House. It looks like it though the metadata doesn’t say.

I like how austere she looks. Her head and shoulders are back, and she is gazing forward, seemingly expressionlessly. Dressed to the nines, of course! I wonder what she was thinking in this moment.

LOC

What emotion do you feel, friends, when you look into the future?