Three Things from Edmonton podcast - Episode 88: seasons in the sol, on the road, outside the box
From our vacation hideout in México, here is episode 88 of the Three Things podcast. 1. Estaciones en el sol ☀️ Route 45 into the city from the Guanajuato Airport was not where I expected to come across Terry Jacks, but there he was in our little Kia Rio as it shot through the highway dark. Our driver, Fernando, explained that he didn’t understand all of the words, but he loved playing the music. The three of us—me, Shelagh, our guide, fixer, translator, friend and boxing explainer, Sheryl—represented the 1970s and Canada to the best of our home range. I remember being consciously aware of my suddenly unsophisticated music taste the first time I heard somebody trash the song. I liked it. I still do. I thought, and still do, that the hills that we climbed were just seasons out of time was clever. The songwriter is saying the season of childhood is on the clock, an...