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 segariniPat Blythe – St. Valentine…A Little History
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Anthony and Cleopatra, Battle of Agincourt, Bob Segarini, Cadbury's, Charles Duke of Orleans, Chaucer, Christopher Blythe, CN Tour, courtly love, Cupid, Cyrano de Bergerac, DBAWIS, De Beers, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Reid, Emperor Claudius II, Faunus, Giacomo Casanova, Guinevere and Lancelot, Hallmark, Love Story, Lupercalia, Pat Blythe, Romeo and Juliet, Romulus and Remus, Shah Jahan, Shakespeare, Sparkles, Taj Mahal, Tower of London, Tristan and Isolde, Victorian on February 15, 2017 by segarini
Valentine’s Day and it’s all over Facebook, Instagram, Twitter….every nook and cranny of social media, peeking quietly out of the shadows or screaming in your face. The stores began leading up to it the second Christmas was over. For many the day is the perfect time for a celebration of each other, a reconnection and strengthening of the bonds of togetherness. A special day set aside so they can canoodle to their hearts content. For others it’s a painful reminder they are alone whether by choice or happenstance…and there are many others who simply don’t care….it’s just another “Hallmark” day.
JAIMIE VERNON – WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Posted in Opinion with tags Alice in Chains, Anthony Ludgate, Beautiful Nothing, Bill McDowell, Bob Segarini, Bullseye Records, Campus Radio, Coldplay, Come Color Me, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Feargal Sharkey, Finger Eleven, Gerry Young, Hedley, Jaimie Vernon, James Featherstone, Jay-Z, Jell-o, Kleenex, Luke Ludgate, New Rock, Nike., Power Pop, Rainbow Butt Monkeys, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shane Ludgate, Soap Opera, Sven Petrovic, Terry Brown, The First Time, The Name Game, U2, Universal Music, WalMart, White Funk on May 24, 2014 by segarini
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
– Juliet Capulet
Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)
