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the journal of Michael Werneburg

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Toronto, 2019.06.15

Today I joined hundreds of other cyclists in riding the length of Danforth Avenue from Withrow park in the west to the Oakridge Community Recreation Centre in the east. The weather was threatening to turn wet but we got through it with a nice tailwind and a great atmosphere. I think it was my fifth or sixth ride after a break last year, and sadly the first time I've done it without one of the kids. The purpose is to communicate to the neighbourhood that we exist and that we want bike lanes on the length of Danforth.

rand()m quote

Remove everything that has no relevance to the story. If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there.

—Anton Chekhov