Dillie and I miss Karim. Dillie has seen his dog friends die and go to The Land Beyond but I have not seen many and Karim was a fellow street dog who went through suffering and trauma in Cairo with me and finally ended up in a happy home and then he just died. ThisContinue reading “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: We Are Attacked by a Voracious and Demented German Shepherd; Chapter Twenty Two (22)”
Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)
RKS Literature: The Unattainable Woman (Gustave Flaubert)
“She seemed so virtuous and inaccessible to him that he lost all hope, even the faintest. But, by thus renouncing her, he made her ascend to extraordinary heights. She transcended, in his eyes, those sensuous attributes which were forever out of his reach; and in his heart she rose forever, soaring away from him likeContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Unattainable Woman (Gustave Flaubert)”
Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 17June1970: On The Mediterranean en Route To Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia
Dear Diane and Gerald: We boarded a Russian cruise ship the Adsharia in Piraeus in Greece. There are 3 stops. It is the first cruise of the season so there only 35 people on a ship that can carry 330. The first stop is Corfu, then Venice and then Dubrovnik. I met a handsome GermanContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 17June1970: On The Mediterranean en Route To Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia”
Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 23July1970: Pag Island, Yugoslavia: He Fell Like a Ton of Bricks
Dear Louise, George, Diane and Gerald: This is a far cry from Spain in every way but everyone goes to Spain so I have to be different. We have been away for such a long time and every once and awhile I long to be back with Andy and all of you. I have hadContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 23July1970: Pag Island, Yugoslavia: He Fell Like a Ton of Bricks”
RKS Literature: Initial Delusions of Emma Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
“All the while, however, she was waiting in her heart for something to happen. Like shipwrecked sailors, she turned despairing eyes upon the solitude of her life, seeking afar some white sail in the mists of the horizon. She did not know what this act of fortune would be, what wind would bring it, towardContinue reading “RKS Literature: Initial Delusions of Emma Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)”
Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 16July1970: Pag Island, Yugoslavia: The Man Who Had Not Had a Bath in Five Years!
Dear Barb and Andrew: As you can see we are on Pag. We had left the beautiful Hvar then to the island of Muter which was packed with German tourists. A tiny place with no hotels. People are packed in like sardines. We stayed two days and three nights there. We met a man fromContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 16July1970: Pag Island, Yugoslavia: The Man Who Had Not Had a Bath in Five Years!”
Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Reggie Asks Why Did Karim Die? Chapter Twenty One (21)
On New Year’s morning Dillie and I howled after Karim’s death. It was Dillie that got me howling for two reasons. He thought if we were loud enough Karim could hear us and our howling would be a good-bye we never had the time to say. Secondly, we were so sad it was as ifContinue reading “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Reggie Asks Why Did Karim Die? Chapter Twenty One (21)”
RKS 2024 Film: “The Integrity of Joseph Chambers”: Are You and Joseph Chambers Chumps?
Pay attention very closely to the opening scene of “The Integrity of Joseph Chambers” and store that in your mind. Of course, you may want to revisit that opening scene after the closing credits have rolled. Joe (Clayne Crawford) and his family have moved to rural America to escape the urban grid thinking they wouldContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “The Integrity of Joseph Chambers”: Are You and Joseph Chambers Chumps?”
RKS 2024 Film: “Cold Road”: The Revenge of the Thin Ice
Tracy (Roseanne Supernault) and her dog Pretzel (Karibou) are on a 12-hour winter drive to the Canadian “Far North” to attend her mother’s death bed. Tracy can’t seem to do anything right and has a miserable personal relationship or lack of it with her husband Danny. Even her sister Eve criticizes and disses her forContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Cold Road”: The Revenge of the Thin Ice”
RKS 2024 Wine: Moderately Priced Bordeaux’s Surge and Portuguese Imports Disappear
Although we try yet another moderately priced Bordeaux I can’t stop contemplating where Portugal has gone. Is there some new strain of COVID or natural disaster (not a political corruption one) that has strangled the outflow of Portuguese exports of wine to Ontario? Has some strange variety of fungus attacked Portuguese vineyards? Has TAP PortugalContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Moderately Priced Bordeaux’s Surge and Portuguese Imports Disappear”
