Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    AlberTa's Gift
    AlberTa's Gift
    AlberTa's Gift
    Ebook21 pages16 minutes

    AlberTa's Gift

    By Les W Kuzyk

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Mindful of his scheduled midterm back at University in the city, Albert had ridden his e-bike at the Minister’s request out to this autumn countryside ceremony. He understood so much better now why Minister Teslo wanted to replace the power plant steam with a geothermal source—he had chosen geothermal as his engineering option. But as an asthmatic eleven year old he had only wanted to play street hockey that day. Half listening to the honorable Minister’s speech below the Energy of Tomorrow banner, Albert thought back to that day before Christmas he joined his cool brother Duke and the other boys in a game of hockey on the front street. He snuck out right past Mom to prove his boyhood courage. He should have heard her air index warning that morning, but at that age he hadn’t understood much about the atmosphere. His hockey game trauma mixed in with memories of his father’s talking about Paris back in 2015. How could a boy get what caused such a severe asthma attack? Ground level ozone was invisible just like carbon dioxide and a lot of adults still didn’t get climate change today. But now he could tell. The new normal weather and his global social media friends knew how serious the situation had become around the world. That day he nearly breathed his last had become a solid background to his outlook on the planet and the future of his generation. He was grateful for his father’s insight into news reports, yet he appreciated even more the action being taken by the government. That woman Minister who came to the hospital back then and ten years later Minister Teslo speaking today were really doing something. But, he knew, only if he and his friends and classmates kept up the social license pressure.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLes W Kuzyk
    Release dateDec 19, 2014
    ISBN9781311128362
    AlberTa's Gift
    Author

    Les W Kuzyk

    Testing the waters of writing on a university thesis, Les learned of his passion for words and social justice. After publishing two academic papers followed by further non-fiction, he switched gears to focus passion and writing voice on fiction. His novels and short stories typically play out in a near future settings, all linked to his OurNearFuture site. The science researched speculative novel Pinatubo II set in the year 2027 begins a Climate Reality series, the second novel Krakatoa II will publishing in 2019, while the story of rebellious youth in The shela directive novel became available in 2016.

    Read more from Les W Kuzyk

    Related to AlberTa's Gift

    Related ebooks

    General Fiction For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      This Party’s Over

      Aug 21, 2020

      This Party’s Over
      10 min read

    • Article

      Quantum Radio

      Feb 22, 2023

      Quantum Radio
      5 min read

    • Article

      Something Like Vertigo

      Aug 17, 2017

      Something Like Vertigo
      12 min read

    • Article

      Innovators

      May 28, 2022

      Innovators
      10 min read

    • Article

      Innovators

      May 27, 2022

      Innovators
      10 min read

    • Article

      High Rise

      Aug 6, 2021

      High Rise
      24 min read

    • Article

      Greta Thunberg

      Oct 1, 2021

      Greta Thunberg
      16 min read

    • Article

      We All Have Our Stories

      Mar 1, 2021

      We All Have Our Stories
      14 min read

    • Article

      Why I Don’t Write

      Mar 7, 2019

      Why I Don’t Write
      6 min read

    • Article

      These Dreadful Days

      Apr 12, 2022

      These Dreadful Days
      4 min read

    • Article

      What Just Happened?

      Apr 9, 2021

      What Just Happened?
      4 min read

    • Article

      Next Generation Leaders

      May 27, 2019

      Next Generation Leaders
      19 min read

    • Article

      Yellow Summer Rain

      May 19, 2022

      Yellow Summer Rain
      23 min read

    • Article

      View from THE BACK

      Aug 8, 2023

      Watching the recent Sky documentary, Nothing Compares, about the late Sinead O’Connor’s troubled but trailblazing life, I was struck again by just how brave she’d been to take on the Catholic church. As a child, and then as an angry teen and later as

      2 min read

    • Article

      The Royal Wave

      Apr 16, 2023

      Once upon a time, the kingdom known poetically as the Land of the Long White Cloud was ruled by a kindly princess. She was empathetic and smart. She cared for all of us, for the team of five million. She wanted to save us from the hellfire and watery

      4 min read

    • Article

      Long Story Short

      Oct 25, 2021

      Long Story Short
      8 min read

    • Article

      The Other Side Of THE FENCE

      Mar 1, 2023

      The Other Side Of THE FENCE
      6 min read

    • Article

      It Happened to Me…

      Apr 21, 2022

      It Happened to Me…
      8 min read

    • Article

      The Other Side Of THE FENCE

      Mar 1, 2023

      The Other Side Of THE FENCE
      6 min read

    • Article

      Dagstuhl

      Nov 13, 2019

      Dagstuhl
      11 min read

    • Article

      The Good Doctor

      May 24, 2022

      The Good Doctor
      6 min read

    • Article

      ‘Toni, It’s Mum. There’s Been An Accident’

      Oct 13, 2021

      Edited extract from Lost & Found: My story of heartbreak and hope by Toni Street with Sophie Neville Like many teenage boys, Stephen loved sport and he loved hanging out with his mates. But he was happiest out on the farm with Dad. They were a tight

      11 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for AlberTa's Gift

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      AlberTa's Gift - Les W Kuzyk

      AlberTa’s Gift

      by Les W Kuzyk

      Thanks to Dr. Joe Vipond with Alberta Coal Phase Out for his review of medical accuracy and my wife Dragana Malic for her helpful feedback.

      ***My speculative climate novel Pinatubo II published 4 November 2015.***

      Published by Les W Kuzyk at Smashwords. All rights reserved.

      Copyright 2014 Les W Kuzyk

      Discover other Writings by Les W Kuzyk

      Table of Contents

      AlberTa’s Gift

      About Les W Kuzyk

      Connect with Les W Kuzyk

      AlberTa’s Gift

      Albert felt the gravel slide under his e-bike tires as he turned into this out-in-the-country parking lot. Pulling off his helmet, he stared up at the wisp of steam rising from the power plant chimney pillaring above. He unzipped his riding jacket. A midterm waited for him back at the University that afternoon but the Minister’s invitation had been enough to bring him out. He knew his story to be useful to Minister Teslo yet also that giving his social license helped the guy take sincere action. The Minister had the reputation of a man out to make a difference, and not just in his political career.

      As he brushed nervously at the front of his summer office job suit, his eye caught an Energy of Tomorrow

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1