Writing ahead; took to the ice; and got the skates sharpened.

Apparently I dinged a blade at some point. I'm very careful with my skates, and Larry, who sharpens them, says I could have stepped on one of the threshold screws the hockey teams sometimes expose at the gate—they go out in a huge rush: and they sometimes damage the gate—Though I do watch where I step. I dimly recall at one point last spring doing the dreaded heel-hook with my other blade, and I'm betting on that. Figure skates are open at the back, and if you accidentally, working with your ...