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the lake has risen up against us

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2017.05.25

The boy was heroically standing at the brink as the waves came crashing in. But he flinched just as I took this pic.

two for flinching

two for flinching

It really has been a hell of a Spring. The city's had trucks out, pumping water out of the storm drains and into special holding tanks that lie underneath the broad stretch of grass behind the beach.

rand()m quote

Before you act, listen. Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try.

—Ernest Hemingway