COVID-19 hit Canada hard somewhere around the second week of March, 2020. I remember it well, because the shutdowns began in earnest just days before my husband’s birthday, and right about the time that Mirvish Theatre sent me an email advising me that I’d be receiving a refund for the tickets I’d purchased for a show that week. The theatre had gone dark, as had most of the city’s offices, stores, services, and restaurants.
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Roxanne Tellier – CERBing the Beat
Posted in COVID 19, life, Opinion, politics, Review, Work with tags Canada Recovery Benefit, CERB, COVID-19, DBAWIS, entitled, Facebook, financial security, gig economy, Great Pause, layoffs, lockdowns, pandemic, privileged, segarini, senior hour, shutdowns, Tellier, Toronto Star, Trolls, workforce on August 8, 2021 by segariniPat Blythe: Memories of Christmas past, present and future….
Posted in Opinion with tags Bing Crosby, Bob Segarini, Charlie Brown Christmas, Chatty Cathy, Coca Cola, Creepy Crawlers, DBAWIS, Easy Bake Oven, Etch A Sketch, Father Christmas, Frank Gutch, Frank Sinatra, Gumby and Pokey, Harper's Weekly, Home Free, Kris Kringle, Nat King Cole, Pat Blythe, Pee Wee dolls, Penetonix, Pere Noel, Play Doh, Roxanne Tellier, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Santa Claus, Simpsons, Sinterklaas, Thomas Nast, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Trolls on December 16, 2015 by segariniAhhh Christmas. The time of year when I regress into a squealing five-year-old, much to the chagrin and amusement of my sisters. My fellow writer Roxanne Tellier has fired off the first DBAWIS Christmas salvo and a beautifully written piece it is. Santa Gutch was next with lots of musical recommendations for all the tuneful lovers on your list. Now it’s my turn.