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the journal of Michael Werneburg

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St Catharines, 2022.08.05

Mari and I went for a walk tonight, from mum's place on Linwell out to the beach at Port Dalhousie, then back over the pedestrian bridge at Royal Henley Park (odd name, I thought). It was a lovely evening, with perfect temperatures and lovely skies particularly after sunset. I'm very glad I brought my new (used) camera.

As we crossed that long pedestrian bridge we spotted something swimming in the water. "Beaver or muskrat?" I mused, and we watched until it left the water and was clearly a beaver. I pointed it out to a family of four that were right behind us.

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