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cycling with a snapping turtle

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2017.06.12

As I was on a 13km ride, I encountered a snapping turtle on a wooded path - it had the trail to itself. I can't honestly remember having seen one on land in Toronto, before.

rand()m quote

...and when you try to get some, it surely can be hard. There's always trouble waiting, when you leave your own back yard.

—Motorhead, Lost Johnny (lyrics by Mick Farren)