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farewell to summer

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2019.09.25

My summer went by in a blur of long start-up weeks. All in all, I'd say my kids had a pretty good summer. Lots of activities. The Boy became a tennis champ and by far the best piano student at their school. The Girl flew through a swimming class she failed last year. And learned to ride a bike. And learned to fish. But of course when you ask them they'll tell you that *last summer* they got to go to Japan.

rand()m quote

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

—Henry Ellis