Ignorantia juris non excusat.
Tristan Roberts Tristan Roberts

Ignorantia juris non excusat.

I remember feeling disquieted when I heard this as a kid. I associate it with standing in our bathroom. The wood floor was rotting, before my dad tiled it.

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Love.
Tristan Roberts Tristan Roberts

Love.

"I have less than three hours to make cookies. I can do that."

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Accent on “infamy”
Tristan Roberts Tristan Roberts

Accent on “infamy”

And so I wondered, why did people talk this way in old movies and important speeches? I used to think it had something to do with the recording equipment, or the microphones, but it's not that.

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Thanksgiving story
Tristan Roberts Tristan Roberts

Thanksgiving story

Things almost ended badly for the first village that cultivated pumpkins.

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I’m asking for help.
Tristan Roberts Tristan Roberts

I’m asking for help.

Since being sworn in as State Representative for Windham-6 on January 3rd, I've learned that there are layers and layers to each issue, as show by the reports that I've written to you on education, corrections, law enforcement, and other topics.

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Freedom can’t be bought
Tristan Roberts Tristan Roberts

Freedom can’t be bought

Last week I dashed off an email to you, "No one has all the keys." Then the inevitable occurred. I started to quarrel with it. I noticed the places I could have said this or that better.

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September 26
Tristan Roberts Tristan Roberts

September 26

The first American fatality in what would become the Vietnam War occurred on this day in 1945.

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