twenty-seven years and one million words
The Boy and I went trout fishing this morning with fly gear. It was a blast. The place we went to had several man-made ponds and channels and they were abundantly stocked with rainbow and mountain trout. We had a great time.
Then it was back to the hotel to meet the girls and then back to New Chitose. The kids counted deer all the way, and say it was their new favorite vacation.
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.
—Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.