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.
Archive for New Year’s Eve
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 segariniPeter Painfully Learns to Look Both Ways….
Posted in Opinion with tags "An Hour In The Shower", "The Wild Bunch", Aliens, Austin Mini, Bob Segarini, Chicago, Christmas, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, New Year's Eve, Peter Montreuil, SARS, Scrivener Square, St Michael's Hospital, Stanley Cup, West Park Health Care, yonge street on May 24, 2018 by segarini
I have two birthdays. My real one is December 27th. I have previously written about the tribulations of being born so close to not just Christmas, but also to a sibling’s birthday, plus New Year’s Eve. As I came of legal age, I found that I had a stated purpose for drinking alcohol on 3 out of 7 of those days, instead of just aimlessly drinking everyday, (which actually doesn’t sound like a bad course of action to follow either, come to think of it).
My second birthday is May 5th, and here’s why I celebrate on that date, every year. At least, I have celebrated since 2004.
