Teenaged me wasn’t very smart. “Hope I die before I get old.” ‘Never trust anyone over 30.” I’d not yet heard of the 27 Club, but if I had, I might have aspired to joining it, thus avoiding becoming untrustworthy.
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Roxanne Tellier – Aging and Changing
Posted in Opinion with tags Aging and Changing, benefits, Canada, Canada Health Act, Canada Pension Plan, caring, Concorde, creative, DBAWIS, empathic, Expo 67, Geodesic Dome, Golden Years, Great Depression, internet, learning, mindfulness, North America, Ontario Place, past, positive, segarini, Seniors, Social Media, Spanish Flu, Tellier on May 2, 2021 by segariniRoxanne Tellier – Eye Saw the Light
Posted in COVID 19, life, Opinion, politics, Review with tags Ageism, aging, Canada, cataract, DBAWIS, Depression, eyes, herd immunity, older, pension, segarini, Seniors, Soylent Green, Sweden, Tellier, TTC, White House on February 28, 2021 by segarini
I’m not a big fan of this ‘aging’ stuff. But unfortunately, dealing with all the things that can go wrong as our bodies mature beats the snot out of the alternative.
Sometimes the drama of politics has to take a number and wait for my attention. This was one of those weeks. I had some routine cataract surgery that didn’t go as well as planned, and it took a lot of strong-arming to get that rectified.
I’ve long had the reputation of being the loudmouthed rebel, who takes no sh*t or prisoners, either for herself, or for those she loves. Not sure if it’s the Irish or the French in me, but that’s just the way I’ve always been. If you come for my people, you’d better come prepared for a fight.
Doug Thompson: CONFESSIONS OF A PROFESSIONAL ROCK AND ROLL INTERVIEWER – GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE BELONGED (Thank you Paul McCartney)
Posted in Opinion with tags 1050 CHUM, Baked Potatoes, Bill McDonald, Bob Laine, Bob Wood, Chuck Riley, David (Geets) and Barb Haydu, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Thompson, History of Rock and Roll, music, Music Radio, Roger Scott, Seniors, The Beatles, Warren Cosford on October 5, 2012 by segarini
It was now late 1970. I’d returned from Los Angeles and was hired back at CHUM as a producer by Program Director J. Robert Wood. I was working with Production Manager Warren Cosford, who’d replaced me when I left for LA in late January. Warren was a Winnipegger and a pretty cool guy.
