The Province of Ontario has a total area of 9,984,670 km2 of which 9,000,000 km2 is either farmland, forest or impenetrable igneous rock which geologists have affectionately named The Canadian (Precambrian) Shield; Not to be confused with the post-Cambrian, menopausal-Cambrian or bi-Cambrian Shields. In the 1960s, NASA sent astronauts to Sudbury’s nickel mine slag heaps to do practice runs on its hostile terrain because it made for a close approximation of the surface of the Moon. When they actually got to the Moon, much to NASA’s surprise, there were no nickel miners to be found.
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GRAN’S CANADA HIGHWAY – EPISODE 4: ONTARI-ARI-ARI-O by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Family, life, Opinion, Review, Serialized Book with tags Big Nickel, Bob Segarini, Canadian Shield, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gasoline Alley, Gordon Lightfoot, Hwy 17, Hwy 400, Jaimie Vernon, James Worthington, Kenora, NASA, Newmarket, Orillia, pre-Cambrian, Saulta Ste. Marie, Skylark, Sudbury, Temagami, the moon, Thunder Bay, Trans-Canada Highway on July 20, 2020 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – MY SUMMER HOLIDAY 1975: Part 3
Posted in Opinion with tags Assiniboine Park Zoo, Bison, Bob Segarini, Buffalo, Canadian Music Trans Canada Highway, Colorado, Crescent Lake, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, elk, Goddo, Greg Godovitz, Hitching Post Motel, Island Park, Jaimie Vernon, Jasper National Park, Manitoba, Miette Hot Springs, Moose, mountain goats, North Battleford, Pike's Peak, Portage La Prairie, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Skylark, Thunder Bay, Travels With My Amp, Whistler Mountain, Winnipeg, Yellow Quill Motel, Yorkton on June 20, 2015 by segarini
When last we left our intrepid 12 year-old he was leaving the confines of his home Province for the first time ever with his Grandmother Vernon in her 1972 Skylark; excited and inspired to see what was beyond the moon-like terrain of Ontario on the historic Trans-Canada Highway.
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JAIMIE VERNON – MY SUMMER HOLIDAY 1975 – PART 1
Posted in Opinion with tags Big Nickel, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music Trans Canada Highway, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Expo 67, Jaimie Vernon, Kenora, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, moon landing, NASA, North Bay, Ontario, Orillia, Port Arthur, road trip, Route 17, Sault Ste. Marie, Skylark, Sudbury, Summer Holiday, Theselon, Three's A Crowd, Thunder Bay, Travel, WW2 on June 6, 2015 by segarini
For those remotely following along at home you may know that my current day gig is to impersonate a security guard at cemeteries around Toronto. On Sunday and Monday nights I’m usually assigned to Pine Hills in Scarborough. Many of my relatives are buried there as I’ve posted most recently in acknowledging my mother’s mother’s 100th birthday.
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 