You may recall that Fay and Bob gave Bosco, my fellow Egyptian Rescue Dog, to our neighbour and very famous Canadian singer Mr. Gordon Lightfoot. We see our comrade Bosco and Mr. Gordon Lightfoot at least a couple of times a week for jasmine tea and cake from our favourite Toronto bakery “The Cake Ladies”.Continue reading “Reggie the Rescue Dog is Back: We Are Proud of Mr. Gordon Lightfoot and Our Bosco!”
Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)
RKS Poetry: “B.11.529: Greedy and Too Late”
B.11.529: Greedy and Too Late Mutated COVID-19 with apparent origins in South Africacases already in Europevaliant and brave efforts to block the spreadlest the First World descend to yet another lockdown dreadit would have been better to avoid by sharing the vaccine to the Second and Third World insteadthe First World Countries got far tooContinue reading “RKS Poetry: “B.11.529: Greedy and Too Late””
RKS Films: “La Flamme Rouge”: A Bit Overwhelming the First Time Around!
Occasionally I watch a film that I review twice and several times more than twice. If you watch “La Flamme Rouge” you may need multiple views because it is so full of subplots that it is hard to connect all the dots on one view. However the film, written and directed by the Maze BrothersContinue reading “RKS Films: “La Flamme Rouge”: A Bit Overwhelming the First Time Around!”
RKS Wines: Frightened by the Unknown Malagousia
My bet is that many wine drinkers are frightened by grapes they rarely encounter. Always sticking to the same wines made with the same grapes dulls the mind. Sameness equals boredom but that’s me and may not be you. Could you imagine having pork chops, mashed potatoes and peas for dinner every night. What wouldContinue reading “RKS Wines: Frightened by the Unknown Malagousia”
Poetry Corner: “Damn Goat Soap!”
Damn Goat Soap! Having run out of the usual body washusing goat soap instead and suddenly a burgeoning rashthe chest is itchy and on fireI am perplexed and full of ireI have perhaps eaten to many mussels and oysters in the past few days?could be some flesh eating bacteria that will cut me down inContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Damn Goat Soap!””
RKS Wines: The Inexpensive Greek: Nemea 2016 Reserve; My Brush With Celebrities!
Most of my time in Greece has been spent on the Aegean Island of Samos south of Lesvos and just off the Turkish coast. Samos produces absolutely world class sweet Muscat wines some of which are fortified. Over the past few years the United Winemaking Agricultural Cooperative of Samos has tried to create a brandContinue reading “RKS Wines: The Inexpensive Greek: Nemea 2016 Reserve; My Brush With Celebrities!”
RKS Film: The Assassination of the American President: Insanity? Brilliance? Time Traveller? “Who is Amos Otis? “
Assume Trump actually successfully stole the election resulting in democracy’s continued erosion, race riots, bounties for journalists, scientists concerned about climate change and all enemies of the demagogue snuffed out with the world heading into a crisis. Then imagine Trump was assassinated with crowds dancing in the streets clashing with “patriots”. Well you have theContinue reading “RKS Film: The Assassination of the American President: Insanity? Brilliance? Time Traveller? “Who is Amos Otis? “”
RKS Wines: Quadrus Red 2015 from the Douro
You have some of your usual suspects in the Douro grape department. 55% Touriga Nacional, 30% Tinta Roriz and 15% Sousão. The colour of the wine verges on purple which may be the result of the dark juiced Sousão. As for aromas there is an overall creaminess to the nose which is brimming with livelyContinue reading “RKS Wines: Quadrus Red 2015 from the Douro”
Poetry Corner: “A Curious or Suspicious Omission?”
Is it strange or suspiciousor perhaps even pernicious?daily new case counts on two television channels I watch have always included those infected who are fully vaccinatedand they account for about half of the new casesthe effectiveness of the vaccine once said to be 96 % effective and heaven sentseems to be taking a very badContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “A Curious or Suspicious Omission?””
Passage of the Day From “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens (Money and Responsibility)
” I’ll give you a piece of advice that your husband will find useful when you are happily married and have got a family about you. Whenever a person says to you that they are as innocent as can be in all concerning money, look well after your own money for they are dead certainContinue reading “Passage of the Day From “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens (Money and Responsibility)”
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