Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Port Attack! More Port Flowing into The Liquor Control Board of Ontario!

It seems that this cold weather in Ontario has had some effect in increasing the flow of Port into the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. It has some attraction as a cold weather drink but I say it is fallacious to say it is a cold weather drink. It is an all-season drink just asContinue reading “Port Attack! More Port Flowing into The Liquor Control Board of Ontario!”

“A Concerto is a Conversation”: Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at 93rd Academy Awards

As Kris Bowers explains to his grandfather the concerto he has written (“For a Younger Self”) is a soloist performing along with an orchestra with both of them conversing with each other through their music. Kris Bowers is a virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer. At 29 he scored the Oscar winning film “Green Book”.Continue reading ““A Concerto is a Conversation”: Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at 93rd Academy Awards”

Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: Introverts and Extroverts

“Introverts often work more slowly and deliberately. They like to focus on one task at a time and can have mighty powers of concentration. They’re relatively immune to the lures of wealth and fame. Extroverts are the people that will add life to your dinner party and laugh generously at your jokes. They tend toContinue reading “Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: Introverts and Extroverts”

“Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 21 “Rufus Moonhead Exposed.”

One chilly fall day it was announced a special committee of the House of Representatives was being formed to study the issue of granting tax incentives to churches engaged in business activities. With amazing speed, so uncommon to the American government, it had prepared the legislation for a reading on the floor. If it passedContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 21 “Rufus Moonhead Exposed.””

COVID Poetry Corner: “A Dog’s Insight Into COVID”

A Dog’s Insight Into Covid-19 Owners in and rarely outno place to goexcept for the excitement of grocery shoppingmeaning there is a ritual hour long walkwith us and our dear Westietrundling along all around the hoodtalking with strangers and their muttswhile the furry ones smell each other buttshere and there it is getting very familiarasContinue reading “COVID Poetry Corner: “A Dog’s Insight Into COVID””

Quinta Do Crasto Finest Reserve Port

Again my favourite phrase in my travels in and about Porto was from a French PR executive who gave a presentation in Porto on International Port Day on Port being an undervalued luxury product. I have no difficulty with that as for consumers that is good news. So we try a Quinta Do Crasto FinestContinue reading “Quinta Do Crasto Finest Reserve Port”

10 Steps We Can Take to Never Have a Year Like 2020: # 1 Reinforce Public Health

Again the Quebec magazine L’actualitê has an interesting feature article in its April edition dealing with COVID-19 and translated it means what are the steps we can take to ensure we don’t have a year like 2020? The first step is to reinforce public health. In 2015 Quebec cut the health budget by 30%. AndContinue reading “10 Steps We Can Take to Never Have a Year Like 2020: # 1 Reinforce Public Health”

Jon Kabat Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: Patience

“We intentionally remind ourselves that there is no need to be impatient with ourselves because we find the mind judging ourselves because we find the mind judging all the time, or because we are tense or agitated or frightened, or because we have been practicing for some time and nothing positive seems to have happened.Continue reading “Jon Kabat Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: Patience”

Ontario opens on-line system and service desk for COVID vaccinations

NEWS RELEASE Ontario Launching Provincial Booking System for COVID-19 Vaccines Individuals 80 Years of Age and Older Will Be Able to Schedule Appointments Online or By Phone March 14, 2021 Health Table of Contents Content Quick Facts Additional Resources Related Topics TORONTO — The Ontario government is launching a provincial booking system and customer serviceContinue reading “Ontario opens on-line system and service desk for COVID vaccinations”

Susan Cain’s “Quiet”; Introverts as second-class citizens?

“Introversion-along with its cousins, sensitivity, seriousness and shyness-is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology. Introverts living under the Extrovert Ideal are like a woman in a man’s world, discounted because of a trait that goes to the core of who they are. Extroversion is an enormously appealing style, butContinue reading “Susan Cain’s “Quiet”; Introverts as second-class citizens?”