Historic, and hysterically stereotypical, visions of Canada usually consist of Eskimos, dog sleds, igloos, Mounties, and clear tracts of land filled with snow-capped mountains and evergreen forests. Oh, and people going over Niagara Falls in barrels. Monty Python also made a huge deal out of our lumberjacks as well.
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GRAN’S CANADA HIGHWAY – EPISODE 2: THE FIR TREES AND BEYOND by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Family, life, Opinion, Review with tags Bob Segarini, Buffalo, Canada, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Farley Mowat, Jaimie Vernon, Lillian Gish, Louis B. Mayer, Mary Pickford, Mounties, Never Cry Wolf, New Brunswick, New York, Niagara Falls, Nipigon Trail, Quebec, Samuel de Champlain, Sgt. Preston of the Yukon, Trans-Canada Highway, traveling, Vancouver, Victoria, Warren G. Harding on July 6, 2020 by segariniGRAN’S CANADA HIGHWAY – EPISODE 1 by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Family, life, Opinion, Review, Serialized Book with tags 1975, A Motor Tour of Canada, All-Red Route., Banff, Canada, Diefenbaker, Ektakrome, Fernweh, Halifax, Henry Ford, Highway 17, Hudson's Bay Company, Jack Haney, Jasper, Kenora, Kodachrome, Kodak, Lake Superior, Newfoundland, Olds REO, Rogers Pass, Scenic Lookout, Thomas Wilby, Thunder Bay, Trans-Canada Highway, Victoria on June 22, 2020 by segarini
Travelogues can be a matter of personal taste, and I expect that this one is no exception. However, I’d like to think that setting my family’s road trips against the backdrop of Canada’s geographically challenging countryside, and history, will not only entertain but maybe, hopefully, inspire others to do the same. [once we’re free to travel again, of course].
JAIMIE VERNON – VICTORIA’S SECRET
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 1819, 1867, 1901, Bob Segarini, British Empire, Canada, Canadian Music Leonard Cohen, Canadian Royal Heritage Trust, Commonwealth, Confederation, Crown Victoria, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Edward VIII, Fête de la Reine, Germanic, Germany, Jaimie Vernon, May 24th, May Two-Four, Nazi sympathizers, Prince Albert, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Street, Queen Victoria, Rebellion of 1837, Regina, Saxe-Coburg, Teutonic, twenty-fourth of May, Victoria, Victoria Day, William Lyon MacKenzie, Windsor on May 21, 2016 by segarini
If you’re reading this it probably means you’re broke and can’t afford a weekend off or you have no idea that this is Victoria Day weekend. It’s a celebration of our formerly longest reigning Monarch of the British Vampire, er, Empire (June 20, 1837 until her death January 22, 1901). Queen Elizabeth recently usurped that record by tiptoeing past Victoria which opens the door for us to one day celebrate Lizzy’s Day instead. Currently the weekend celebrates Vicky’s birth on May 24, 1819.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 