Three Things from Edmonton – Episode 103: palimpsest, family history, long view

<p>Thanks very much for dropping by the Three Things podcast. Here, once a week, I try to stop to consider three things that left behind tracks of happiness and gratitude. This week</p> <p>1. Palimpsest – Things fade, like autographs on guitar straps.</p> <p>2. Family history – A new story from my mom!</p> <p>3. Long view – RIP Ian Tyson.</p> <p>I am not a cowboy. I don’t once a year pretend to be a cowboy. Not even a fan of the rodeo, gotta say. But on Friday, November 13, 1987, I danced a polka with Shelagh McAnally at a nightclub in downtown Edmonton. Since then I have been an Ian Tyson fan. (I was a Shelagh McAnally fan already.) I have known Harold Munsons who have helped me get through lean times. I have known what it’s like to hold my tongue at borders. I have thought about the buffalo. I still like to strum and play Night Rider's Lament.</p> <p>The original music in the podcast is composed and played by Edmonton pianist and piano instructor Brendan McGrath. The end bells are courtesy Edmonton metal artist and humanitarian Slavo Cech.</p> <p>I am at <a href="mailto:glenn.kubish@gmail.com"><u>glenn.kubish@gmail.com</u></a></p> <p>Happy New Year to all of us who have made it across the Great Divide into 2023.</p>