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"freelove rider"

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2011.03.29

My mother wrote to share some strange news about our family tree this morning.

"Would you believe that your 5x great-grandmother was named "Freelove Hill". I am not kidding. Then she got married and was Freelove Rider (or Ryder)."

Oh-ho, history, you crazy thing.

You know, it occurs to me that my wife wants a daughter. I think I've just found a name!

rand()m quote

If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it. A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts it will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

—Roald Dahl