I heard a friend remark about the game of curling about as exciting as watching paint dry. Unfair to those who curl and are passionate about the sport. In “Curl Power” five British Columbian female teens are passionate about curling and compete as the “The 4K Girls”. Gently coached by Canadian Olympian curling moms theirContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Curl Power”: Or Should it Be Girl Power?”
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RKS 2024 Wine: Malivoire’s Courtney Gamay from Niagara
Many ex-Canada readers are certainly familiar with Niagara Falls as one of Canada’s primo tourist sites. But how many realize Niagara Falls is surrounded by a virtual waterfall of wineries producing world class red, white, sparkling and ice wines. 20 minutes from the Falls, if that, wine country abounds with wineries many of which haveContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Malivoire’s Courtney Gamay from Niagara”
RKS 2024 Wine: N 10 Fonterutoli 2021 From Tuscany
The label sates predominately Merlot but I suspect this being Tuscany there is some Sangiovese in the blend. Aroma: Given the Merlot and Sangiovese the nose is full of cherry both red and black. Minute bits of blueberry. Palate: Moderate tannins. On the outskirts acid make this a good sipping wine. Almost singular cherry influenceContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: N 10 Fonterutoli 2021 From Tuscany”
RKS Literature: Oncologist Stricken by What She Fights Against For Her Patients (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
“Adjusting to the disease was at first unbearable. Her world had capsized, the entire arrangement of her existence was disrupted. She was not yet dead, and yet she had to give up her husband, her son, her daughter, her grandson, and her medical work as well, even though it was her own work, medicine, thatContinue reading “RKS Literature: Oncologist Stricken by What She Fights Against For Her Patients (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)”
RKS Literature: The Importance of the Family Doctor (Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn)
“The family doctor is a figure without whom the family cannot exist in a developed society. He knows the needs of each member of the family, just as a mother knows their tastes. There’s no shame in taking to him some trivial complaint you’d never take to the outpatient’s clinic, which entails getting an appointmentContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Importance of the Family Doctor (Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn)”
RKS 2024 Film: “Chosen Family”: Romcom in a Free Fall
Ann (Heather Graham) a yoga teacher has a family causing her stress. Her father is a religious fanatic dispensing righteous commands of salvation to Ann. Her mother Dorothy (Julie Halston) laments that her marriage and children ruined her career. Sister Clio (Julia Stiles) is a drug addict in and out of rehab. They ply AnnContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Chosen Family”: Romcom in a Free Fall”
RKS 2024 Wine: A Chilean Pinot Noir That Takes No Prisoners
I rather thought 2024 would be Chile’s year for moderately priced red wine dominance not so much in volume exported but quality wise. We try a San Pedro 1865 Tayú Pinot Noir 2021. Aroma: Dense and muscular as its less than delicate Pinot Noir dark ruby colour suggests. Black plum, blackberry, black cherry and cherryContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: A Chilean Pinot Noir That Takes No Prisoners”
RKS 2024 Film: “Don’t F* With Ghosts”
In the film “Don’t F* With Ghosts” Stu Stone and Adam Rodness are two Canadian filmmakers without commercial success. They visit studio executives to pitch their “Bigfoot” project but instead are steered towards producing a film that will prove there are ghosts as after all that is where the international interest is according to theContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Don’t F* With Ghosts””
RKS 2024 Wine: Valpolicella Rarely a Stinker
Approachable, friendly and easy drinking are the monikers of Valpolicella. Monikers of course are made to be broken, ignored or tampered with. 45% Corvina. 30% Corvione. 20% Rondinella. Aged 12-18 months in large oak barrels. We take this statement to the test with a 2021 Sartori Valpolicella. Aroma: Blackberry, black cherry, plum, raspberry and milkContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Valpolicella Rarely a Stinker”
RKS 2024 Film: “Compulsus”: Angry Lesbian Serial Attacker and the Bi with an Almost “Fatal Attraction”
Wally (Lesley Smith) is inundated with stories from queer and straight friends of abuse of women by men that goes unpunished. Wally is a part time poet and full-time furniture manual writer. Her rage swells to the point it is time to attack men to achieve “poetic justice”. She is officially an angry lesbian. AndContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Compulsus”: Angry Lesbian Serial Attacker and the Bi with an Almost “Fatal Attraction””
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