I ALMOST DROWNED CHASING A GREEN SQUIRREL! MY MULMUR HILLS ADVENTURE Up at Suzy Larue’s in the Mulmur Hills there is a pond and as I sidled up the edge of the pond, I saw a few strange looking green squirrels making croaking type noises and jumping into the water when I approached them. BeingContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: I ALMOST DROWNED CHASING A GREEN SQUIRREL! MY MULMUR HILLS ADVENTURE”
Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)
RKS CANADIAN LITERATURE: Cleaning Up Dog Shit and Marriage Vows (Joanna Goodman)
She does not feel young. She holds up her hand and twists her wedding band around her finger. Scott put it on her for the first time on a rooftop terrace in Gramercy Park, a lifetime ago. They were married there by a Unitarian minster, with only their families and a handful of good friendsContinue reading “RKS CANADIAN LITERATURE: Cleaning Up Dog Shit and Marriage Vows (Joanna Goodman)”
RKS American Literature: An Intelligent Woman’s Ability to See How Full of Shit a Man Is! (Dennis Lehane)
Now standing in front of Carmen Davenport’s building, holding both her hands by the fingers she tells him she had a nice night and he agrees that he did too and they both smile goofily and wonder if they should try another kiss, he realizes that what scares him about her is what scares himContinue reading “RKS American Literature: An Intelligent Woman’s Ability to See How Full of Shit a Man Is! (Dennis Lehane)”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: IS IT THE CAR OR THE DESTINATION? MY MULMUR HILLS ADVENTURE
IS IT THE CAR OR THE DESTINATION? MY MULMUR HILLS ADVENTURE I caused an enormous ruckus on my first major car ride attempt down to Kensington Market in Toronto. So much so we had to return home lest my shrill bark of despair deafen Bob and Fay! Of course, Bob and Fay drove to Denfield,Continue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: IS IT THE CAR OR THE DESTINATION? MY MULMUR HILLS ADVENTURE”
RKS American Literature: Bringing a Pornographer to Christmas Dinner (Dennis Lehane)
Mary Pat’s not going to be seen voluntarily walking two cops into her building. That would be like bringing a pornographer to Christmas dinner. Dennis Lehane, “Small Mercies”, 2023
RKS American Literature: In Boston Stay in Your “Own Neighbourhood” (Dennis Lehane)
Because the truth is they don’t understand one another. It’s not a plan of Mary Pat’s making, nor is it her desire, that they have different tastes in music, in clothes, in food they put on their tables. But that’s the way it is just the same. They like different cars, different sports, different movies.Continue reading “RKS American Literature: In Boston Stay in Your “Own Neighbourhood” (Dennis Lehane)”
Buddhism: The Dhammapada: The Mind (Root of Modern Mindfulness!)
The mind is wavering and restless, difficult to guard and restrain let the wise man straighten his mind as a maker of arrows makes his arrows straight. The mind is fickle and flighty; it flies after fancies wherever it likes; it is difficult to restrain. But it is a great good to control the mind;Continue reading “Buddhism: The Dhammapada: The Mind (Root of Modern Mindfulness!)”
RKS Australian Wine: Redman 2022 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon and Multiple Personality Disorder?
Aroma: Dense blueberry and blackberry predominate. Immediate impression of solidity and richness. Secondary notes of dark chocolate and licorice. Palate: Tannic imprint builds gradually, perhaps better known as “drying tannins”, infused with a bit of pepper. Blackberry, cherry liqueur, cranberry and some brackishness on the long finish. Oh, if it could only show more ofContinue reading “RKS Australian Wine: Redman 2022 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon and Multiple Personality Disorder?”
RKS American Literature: Harvard Hippies (Dennis Lehane)
Getting out at Harvard Station, she enters Harvard Square, and it’s as bad as she suspected it would be – fucking hippies are everywhere, the air smells like pot and B.O., every twenty feet or so someone’s playing guitar and crooning about either love, man, or Richard Nixon, man. Nixon helicoptered off the White HouseContinue reading “RKS American Literature: Harvard Hippies (Dennis Lehane)”
RKS EURO FILM: “Romería”: A Vast Overwhelming Ocean
Marina (Llúcia Garcia), an 18-year-old orphaned Spanish student, travels from Barcelona to Vigo for “bureaucratic” reasons as she has been awarded a scholarship at a university in Barcelona to study film. But in bureaucratic fashion she must be recognized on her father’s death certificate as his daughter. She ventures to Vigo in the Galician regionContinue reading “RKS EURO FILM: “Romería”: A Vast Overwhelming Ocean”
