Teaser Tuesday

"Red--the deep blood red is decidedly the favorite color among the enslaved damsels of my acquaintance. If a red ribbon does not encircle the neck, you will be certain to find all the hair of their woolly heads tied up with red strings of one sort or another." (This is about Christmas not an everyday occurence).

"Alas! had it not been for my beloved violin, I scarcely can conceive how I could have endured the long years of bondage. It introduced me to great houses--relieved me of many days labor in the field--supplied me with conveniences for my cabin--with pipes and tobacco, and extra pains of shoes, and often times led me away from the presence of a hard master, to witness scenes of jollity and mirth.http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com