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"all gone da yo"

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Tokyo, 2009.11.08

The Boy informed us this morning that something was now finished. Mixing English and Japanese, he said, "All gone, da yo!" We've gotta start training him to pick a verbal swim lane, I think. Not sure how to go about that, though.

[edit: 2021.08.03. We moved to Canada a year later. That did the trick.]

rand()m quote

In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, delve deep into the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. In speech, be true. In work, be competent. In action, be careful of your timing.

—Lao Tsu