This is my final column of 2020, a year we’d all much rather forget but will be permanently etched in our psyches forever. So on that note, I’ve decided to end on a more upbeat, festive but somewhat educational note.
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Pat Blythe – Farewell to 2020…….the flora and fauna of Christmas…..and music
Posted in Family, life, music, Opinion, Review with tags A Christmas Carol, Advent wreath, Anglo Saxon, Beltane, Bob Segarini, Christ Candle, Christianity, Christmas 2020, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Druids, Eid al-Fitr, luvthemusic, Mac Beth, Middle Ages, mistletoe, Mother Earth, New Year's Eve, Pat Blythe, Prince Albert, Queen Charlotte, Queen Victoria, Ramadan, Romans, Saturanlia, Saturanlia Festival, Saturn, Shakespeare, Strasbourg in Alsace, sugarplums, sweetmeats, Twelfth Night, Virgin Mary, Windsor Castle, Winter Solstice, writhan, York Minster, Yule log, Yuletide on December 9, 2020 by segariniRoxanne Tellier – May Day! May Day!
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags armchair gardeners, Beltane, Bob Segarini, Chicago, DBAWIS, Haymarket, High Park, International Socialist Conference, International Workers Day, Labour Day, Led Zeppelin, Maia, May, May Day baskets, Mayday!, Morris Dancing, Morse code, Queen of May, Roxanne Tellier, Sir John A. MacDonald, Spring cleaning, Toronto Globe, Toronto Typographical Union, Walpurgis Night, Yonge and Dundas on May 1, 2016 by segarini
It’s May the first – a day when most of the northern hemisphere officially decides, “that’s it. Done with winter. Bring on the sun and the fun!”
I’ve always thought that May 1st would be a better start to the year then January 1st. No one feels much like kick-starting more than the snow blower in winter. May, on the other hand, is when you can shed the many layers you’ve bundled yourself into over the darkest months, like a snake sloughing off its outgrown skin.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 