Three Things from Edmonton podcast -- Episode 128: noses, life sentence, leftovers
Here are three things that left behind tracks of happiness and gratitude last week as summer settled into Edmonton for its day in the sun. Three Things podcast, episode 128: 1. Noses Before I realized that I hadn’t broken my nose or knocked my teeth out, I knew I had to get to safety—fast. I’d been on my skateboard, practising gliding off the city sidewalk onto the asphalt street in front of our house. There is no fancy name for this move. It’s not a fancy move. It’s what any eight-year-old skateboarder can do. And I did do it, until, that last time, I hit a pebble in the gutter. It was enough to stop my right front wheel dead. I flew forward. In a blink, the front street transformed from a calm pool of blacktop into an angry wave crashing at me. With a smack! I landed face first on the road. My right palm and left forearm did their best to cushion the impact, but t...