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two skunks for two anglers

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2017.08.26

We headed out under calm, clear skies, and attempted to reproduce last week's fishing success despite the un-fishy weather. We arrived on Frenchman's Bay by 8, just as the serious anglers were leaving, and sure enough got skunked. A few bites occurred here and there, but they were likely just worm-crazy perch.

So we went home, and I made chili.

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