This is the first of a multi part series about my high school track career. I hope that you find it both informative and entertaining. Today I will give you a rundown on the mechanics of track and write about my first race and the aftermath.
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Hot and Cold Running Peter
Posted in life, Opinion, Review with tags Barrie, Bay Street, Chez Montreuil, Darvon, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fitton's Side Road, Grandma Moses, Mother Nature, North Street East, O.D.C.&V.I., Orillia, Peter Montreuil, Robert Segarini, Simcoe County, The Boot, West Street North on March 19, 2020 by segarini
This week I am going to write about more of my athletic endeavours from the dim and distant past, from the last millennium, from when my tummy was flat and my hair was brown and curly, from when ….
I have described what a life changing experience it was for me to go to high school. While my parents had been, and continued to be, liberal, my separate school environment had been pretty restrictive. Now, however, surrounded by people who thought differently from me, I began to push to expand my horizons and grow my world. So I decided that I would try out for organized extramural sports. I looked at the football team, but decided that my 136 pounds of lean, sinewy adolescent would probably not survive too many tackles.
Peter with Four More Indies to Watch
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags 53rd and 3rd Shows, Barrie, Black Absinthe, Blind Beauty, Bob Segarini, Brandon Gregory, Canadian Music Week, Cherry Cola s Rock N Rolla Cabaret and Lounge, Drop Top Alibi, Hold Back The River, HTZ-FM, Hugh s Room, Indie Week, Lousy Riders, Miss Emily, Old Ceremonies, Orillia, Rama, the Bovine Sex Club, The Foxx Lounge, Trampa, \Don/t Believe A Word I Say\ on May 31, 2019 by segarini
This week I’m going to expose you to four of the great current indie bands that reside and play in our local area. I think that they are worthy of further study, both on their pages and in person, especially if you are seeking new, interesting, and engaging music from the wealth of solid Canadian Indie Artists.
Let’s get right to the bands and their music, shall we?
Peter, The Great War, and Pop Goes to Camp
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "miracle of Dunkirk", Allies, Barrie, Bob Hope, Camp Borden, Canada At War, Canadian Army, Dieppe, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Essex County, Essex Scottish regiment, Europe, Fern Resort, Nazis, NFB, Officer's Mess, Operation Olympic, Orillia, P.I.A.T. gun, Peter Montreuil, Remembrance Day, Robert Segarini, The Atherley Arms, The First, The Great War, Tim Hortons, Union Station, Windsor, World War 1 on November 8, 2018 by segarini
At 11:00 A.M. (Paris time) on the 11th of November, 1918, “The Great War”, “The War To End All Wars” a.k.a. World War I, came to an end. The face of Europe was forever changed. However, in this war’s wake, it fostered yet another global conflict, as less than 21 years later the “dogs of war” were let loose once again.
Peter Posts Prodigious (Moving) Pictures….
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "3 A.M. Lullaby", "Air On A G String", "Baby", "Cause And The Cure", "Charlotte and the Dirty Cowboys", "Hotel Mira", "Last Bullet", "Local H", "Marcy Playground", "Rose Tattoo", "Satisfy Me", "Sure", "The Black River", "The Jailbirds", "The Kerouacs", "The Luke Austin Band", "The Mirror", Adelaide Hall, Barrie, Bob Segarini, Bryan Fontez, California, Canadian Music Week, Charlie Kerr, Depression, Don't Believe a Word I Say, homophobia, Indie Week, J.S. Bach, Jeannie Reid, Kevin Pillar, Laguna Beach, Mississauga, monowhales, Myke Penney, Niagara Falls, North America, Ontario, Orillia, Pat Blythe, Peter Montreuil, Phil Spector, Secret Broadcast, sexism, SONY, Stuck On Planet Earth, Sweden, Tears For Fears, The Mod Club, The Phoenix Concert Theatre, The Reed Effect, The Wild!, Tokyo Taboo, Toronto, Vajra on June 14, 2018 by segariniLast week’s column was the first of several on my olde office, for after all, when one works for nearly 20 years in the same place, it’s more like a marriage than a fling!
Peter – My Dad Was Quite the Lad
Posted in Opinion with tags "Charlie Deserves it", "Fiddler On The Roof", Assumption College, Bancroft, Barrie, Camp Borden, Canadian Army, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Expo 67, HSL-41, Kiwanis Festival, Louise Montreuil, Marie Renaud, Montreal, Ontario College of Education, Orillia, Orillia District Collegiate & Vocational Institute, Park Street Collegiate Institute, Peter Montreuil, Robert Segarini, St Bernard's, University of Windsor, Windsor on April 5, 2018 by segarini
I can’t believe that it’s been 30 years since my Dad passed. Let me share some of my personal randomly shuffled memories, as well as a few anecdotes that I learned second hand, at a temporal distance from when they occurred. I now bitterly regret not asking him more questions, not finding out more about the man who was my father, so the following is, in some cases, ” as far as I know.”.
