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JAIMIE VERNON – MY FAVOURITE YEAR: 1977
Posted in Opinion with tags Alan o’Day, Bay of Fundy, Bob Segarini, Boy scouts, Cabot Trail, Canada, Canadian Music, David Soul, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, East Coast, Grade 8, graduation, Halifax, hardball, hat trick, Hockey, Jaimie Vernon, jamboree, Junior High School, Leo Sayer, Magnetic Hill, Montreal, pre-teen, Prince Edward Island, reversing tide, Scarborough, slow dancing, softball, teenage lust, traveling, Valedictorian on June 21, 2014 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – SPIRIT OF ’76
Posted in Opinion with tags 1976, Beatles, Berner Trail Public School, board games, Bob Segarini, Boobies, Camping, Canadian Music, canoe, CHUM, coming of age, DBAWIS, Deja Vu, disc jockey, Don't Believe a Word I Say, first kiss, Jaimie Vernon, Lakefield, Malvern, memories, Monopoly, Nostalgia, Ontario, pre-teen, summer vacation on June 7, 2014 by segarini
My world in 1975 was earmarked with two rollercoaster events – the emotional and physical upheaval of my life when my parents bought a new house and uprooted us to the suburbs…and a two week trip across Canada with my grandmother in her 1972 Skylark. The trip trumped the 
upheaval and I slowly began to grow accustomed to my new surroundings, friends and lifestyle. So 1976 was a complete surprise when it introduced a number of firsts.
JAIMIE VERNON – MY GLACIER WAS GONE
Posted in Opinion with tags age 11, Athabasca Glacier, Banff National Park, bears, Bill Murray, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Columbia Ice Fields, coming of age, Cross Canada, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, elk, Global Warming., Grade 6, Grandma, Ice Age, ice sheet, Jaimie Vernon, Jasper National Park, Lake Superior, Miette Hot Springs, Moose, mountain goats, moving, new home, pre-teen, Saskatchewan, Scarborough, Skylark, Snow, snowmobile, Summer of 1975, Trans-Canada Highway, Whistler Mountain on May 31, 2014 by segarini
There is an old adage that says that you can’t go home again. It has a double meaning – not only can’t you relive the past but in many cases the places where the events in your past actually happened are no longer there.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 