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sparrows, so many sparrows

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2003.08.30

I've noticed this summer that there seem to be a hell of a lot of sparrows around. I don't know if it's due to weather conditions being good, or if West Nile is playing a part, but every little patch of grass in the city seems to be teeming with the buggers.

I mention West Nile because the sparrows are apparently carriers, unlike the other bird species which are all dropping like flies. I have to stop writing journal entries about flies.

I have a third date with the blackout girl coming up tonight.

rand()m quote

When destiny comes to a man from outside, it lays him low, just as an arrow lays a deer low. When destiny comes to a man from within, from his innermost being, it makes him strong, it makes him into a god…

—Hermann Hesse