“With those children, he thought, that wretched woman must lead a life of terror. Another two years, and they would be watching her day and night for symptoms of unorthodoxy. Nearly all children nowadays were horrible. What was worst of all was that by means of such organizations as the Spies there were systematically turnedContinue reading “RKS Literature: Children as Ungovernable Savages (George Orwell)”
Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)
RKS Literature: The Clean Mindedness of the Junior Anti-Sex League (Orwell)
“She was a bold looking girl of about 27 with thick dark hair, a freckled face and swift, athletic movements. A narrow scarlet sash, emblem of the Junior Anti-Sex League, was wound several times round the waist of her overalls, just tightly enough to bring out the shapeliness of her hips. Winston had disliked herContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Clean Mindedness of the Junior Anti-Sex League (Orwell)”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Stag’s Hollow 2022 Renaissance Chardonnay from British Columbia’s Similkameen Valley
Hand picked and hand sorted grapes destemmed and pressed into stainless steel to settle for 24 hours then racked into a combination of French oak (24% new) and stainless steel for 9 months before bottling. 215 6 pack cases produced. Aroma: Mango, apricot, peach, Matsu apples and toffee. The oak is well integrated into theContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Stag’s Hollow 2022 Renaissance Chardonnay from British Columbia’s Similkameen Valley”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: POTTY TRAINING: THE THRILL OF VICTORY AND THE AGONY OF DEFEAT
POTTY TRAINING: THE THRILL OF VICTORY AND THE AGONY OF DEFEAT Not to make an overarching analogy to Jim Mackay’s phrase for ABC’s Wide World of Sports “The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat” but I would have to apply that phrase to my potty training. When I do my “business” outside everyoneContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: POTTY TRAINING: THE THRILL OF VICTORY AND THE AGONY OF DEFEAT”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: A Moraine 2022 Cabernet Franc/Merlot from British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley
A token British Columbia wine has trickled on to the shelves of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO). So much noise has been expended in Canada concerning the removal of barriers to interprovincial trade in the face of Trumpian tariffs, but I can’t see a flood of British Columbia wines occupying the LCBO shelvesContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: A Moraine 2022 Cabernet Franc/Merlot from British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: I MEET MY GODFATHER MR G a Ca Ca Caaa CAT PERSON: COMMENTS ON OBESE WELSH CORGIS
I MEET MY GODFATHER MR G a Ca Ca Caaa CAT PERSON: COMMENTS ON OBESE WELSH CORGIS Last Saturday Fay and Bob invited my godfather Mr G over for dinner and upon entering the house I gave him a very warm welcome. When my tail wags at 100 kms an hour rest assured that isContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: I MEET MY GODFATHER MR G a Ca Ca Caaa CAT PERSON: COMMENTS ON OBESE WELSH CORGIS”
RKS 2025 Wine: El Enemigo Chardonnay from Argentina: 2018 vs. 2023
El Enemigo 2023 Chardonnay Aroma: Up in your face oak as if it has hijacked the wine. Pineapple, mango, pear and cinnamon. Fresher and lighter than the 2018. Palate: A bit raspy and abrasive whereas the 2018 is far smoother. You taste the oak. Rather thin in comparison to the 2018. Acids are noticeable andContinue reading “RKS 2025 Wine: El Enemigo Chardonnay from Argentina: 2018 vs. 2023”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: FROM EXISTENCE TO LIFE: THE BRIGHT LIGHT SUNSHINE FOR A WESTIE PUPPY
FROM EXISTENCE TO LIFE: THE BRIGHT LIGHT SUNSHINE FOR A WESTIE PUPPY I am finishing off 12 weeks or so since my birth at Ardendale Kennels in Denfield, Ontario. Farm country. Of my two months there I remember little. Drinking mother’s milk and snuggling against her and my brothers and sisters. We played now andContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: FROM EXISTENCE TO LIFE: THE BRIGHT LIGHT SUNSHINE FOR A WESTIE PUPPY”
RKS 2025 Short Film: “The Hemingway”: Elbows Up
Canada currently faces threats of economic decimation and political annexation by you know who. Canadians have adopted a fightback phrase “Elbows Up” a metaphorical reference to hockey players aggressively using their elbows to defend and possibly strike back at aggressors. Patrick Sean O’Brien is saddled with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) where the muscles atrophy inContinue reading “RKS 2025 Short Film: “The Hemingway”: Elbows Up”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: PUPPY PRIDE: MY FIRST KILL….SORT OF…NOT REALLY
PUPPY PRIDE: MY FIRST KILL….SORT OF…NOT REALLY West Highland Terriers are hunters. We aren’t dentists from Wichita that lay peanut butter traps for lions in Africa and blast them hiding behind blinds, take a photograph of their kill and idiotically declare their “Great White Hunter” status. To those hunters I say “Bunga Schmunga. We ferretContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: PUPPY PRIDE: MY FIRST KILL….SORT OF…NOT REALLY”
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